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Presbyterian Boys
Name Of School: Presbyterian Boys Senior High School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0001
Location: Mile Nine (9), Legon
City/Town: Accra
District: Accra Metropolitan Assembly
Region: Greater-Accra
Country: Ghana
Contact Information
School Head: Asiedu Akrofi
Address: P.O. Box LG 98, Legon Ghana
Office Phone: +233 302500945
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Web Address: www.
School Information
Date Of Formation: 1952
Number Of Students: 2,200
Courses Offered:
School Status: Public/Presbyterian
Type Of School: All-Male
Symbol: Baobab
School Colours: Blue
Motto: (God is the Light of Knowledge)
Nickname: Legon PRESEC
Anthem: Happy We Are
School System: Boarding and Day
Notable Alumni:
Politics, Government and Public Policy
• Lt. Gen. F. W. K. Akuffo – Head of State of Ghana (5 July 1978 – 4 June 1979)
• Dr. Kwesi Botchwey – Ghana’s longest serving Minister of Finance (1982–1995) and Chairman – Ghana National Gas Development Task Force
• Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye – Former Minister of Communication (2005 to 2009).
• Bright Simons – IMANI Ghana and 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader (YGL)
• Alex Tettey-Enyo – Former Minister of Education
Academia
• Prof. Kwabena Boahen – Professor of Bioengineering and Neuromorphic Engineering, Stanford University.
• Prof. Ernest Aryeetey – Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana – Legon (2010 – ).
• Prof. E. Bamfo-Kwakye – Former Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) 1974 – 1983.
• Prof. Ben A. Gyan – Senior Research fellow at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
• Timothy Kotin – 2012 Cambridge University Gates Scholar.,[6] Co-Founder – E-Coach Solutions, IBM Research – Africa
• King Lemuel Mills – 2007 Cambridge University Gates Scholar.
• Ato Ulzen-Appiah – Museke CEO, GhanaThink Foundation.
Arts, Entertainment
• Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) – (Idikoko) – Owner of Great Idikoko Ventures and President of Film Producers Association of Ghana.
• Kwaku Sintim-Misa – Ghanaian actor, political satirist and host of ‘Thank God it’s Friday’.
• Ben Osafo aka Alonzo, Benjamin Funkman- Chicago-based music producer
Sports
• Ezekiel Ansah – American football Defensive End for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL)
• Dr. Andrew Owusu – International Triple Jump Champion
Corporate, Business and Finance
• Samuel Sarpong – Deputy Managing Director – Ghana Commercial Bank.
• Raphael Kofi Afaedor – Co-founder of Jumia Nigeria’s largest online retailer.
• Edward Amartey-Tagoe – Co-Founder of Nandimobile – A Technology company and Winner of “Best Business”‘awards[12]
• Dr. J. H. Frimpong-Ansah – Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
• Yaw Boakye-Yiadom – Founder and Sole Proprietor of Boachsoft.
Law
• Benjamin Kwakye – Harvard Law School graduate, renowned author, lawyer and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Africa Region)
• Judge Kofi Barnes – Judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Canada.
Music
• Dr. Victor Kofi Agawu – Professor of Music, Princeton University.
• Elom Adablah-Rapper, Beat Maker and Musician
• Hammer of The Last Two – Producer and Sound Engineer
• Paul Nuamah Donkor – (Jayso) Rapper, singer and producer
Achievements:
PRESEC is the leading secondary school in Ghana. It regularly had one of the best GCE O – level and A – level results prior to the change of the national examination system to BECE and SSSCE. The graduates of its institutions regularly gain admission to the most competitive courses in the various universities.
• In 1995, PRESEC, won the 2nd edition of the National Science and Math Quiz competition. PRESEC, Southern Sector Champions, defeated Opoku Ware School, Northern Sector Champion in the Final of Finals.
• In 1999, PRESEC scooped four out of the seven WAEC (West African Examinations Council) awards for the very best individual performances in the final examinations for over 500 Secondary Schools. This was an unprecedented feat that has still not been equaled to this date.
The 2002 PRESEC Civic Education Club handing over ceremony. On the right are the class of 2002 executives led by Yaw Boakye-Yiadom,[4] Club President, (tallest) handing over to the class of 2003 executives. Looking on are former PRESEC headmaster J. J. Asare, NCCE officials, local club patron Oromasis Abbey
• In 2002, at the National Constitution Quiz organized by the National Commission for Civic Education, PRESEC represented by the PRESEC Civic Education Club emerged victorious. The club was led by Yaw Boakye-Yiadom[4] a science student.
• In 2003, PRESEC repeated the feat of 1995 by defeating Opoku Ware School in the National Science and Math Quiz competition. The gentlemen who represented the school were Michael Gbipki, Reza Abdullah and Elorm Sekyi. Michael Gbikpi went on to chalk the overall best performance in the WAEC (West African Examinations Council) SSSCE examinations that year.
• On 1 July 2006,PRESEC won the prestigious National Science and Maths Quiz for an unprecedented third time. The school was given the competition trophy for keeps. The lads that made history for PRESEC and the competition were Timothy Kotin, Roland Ribeiro and Kofi Seffah. PRESEC defeated St. Peters’ Secondary School, then defending champions, in the final.
Presec wins NIIT
• On 16 June 2008,NIIT Ghana successfully organised the Inter-school ICT Quiz contest at The Great Hall, Kumasi which showcased the best talent from five Regions of Ghana. A total of 78 schools participated from these regions in various regional qualifying rounds to make it to the mega-finals. One winner from every region, contested for the National Title of NIIT ICT Expert 2008 in Kumasi. And as expected, PRESEC, emerged the ultimate champions- NIIT ICT Expert 2008 Winners beating the regional champions: St. James Seminary SHS, Sunyani (Brong-Ahafo), Opoku Ware School, Kumasi (Ashanti Region), St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast (Central Region) and Baidoo Bonsoe SHS, Takoradi (Western Region). The boys, who outdistanced the 2nd Prize winners Opoku Ware School by an astonishing 1020 points, were the first year students John Kotey Kotei and Peter O’Hara Adu.
• On 8 July 2008, PRESEC again won the National Science and Math Quiz for an unprecedented 4th time. The lads that made history for PRESEC were William Dove, Daniel Yeboah-Kordieh, Roland Krieger and George Blankson cementing the school’s status as the best secondary school in Ghana by once again defeating Opoku Ware School in the final.This made it the 3rd time PRESEC has defeated OPOKU WARE in GRAND FINAL, although they also has a very superior all time record against their rivals PREMPEH COLLEGE as far as SCIENCE QUIZ is concerned,not forgetting the recent famous humiliating defeat they handed to PREMPEH in a 96-46 SCORE.On 24 June 2009, not only did PRESEC win the prestigious quiz competition for an unprecedented fifth time, but also, they became the first school ever to successfully defend their title as National Champions. PRESEC defeated Achimota Senior High School in the final. The gentlemen who made history for PRESEC were Jeffrey Asala, Frank Adu-Poku and Prosper Dzidzienyo.
• In 2010, two PRESEC students, Joseph Asare and Samuel Amoako-Frimpong, represented Ghana and won a bronze medal in the International Junior Science Olympiad, out of 35 countries across the world.
• In 2010, two PRESEC students were honoured at the WASSCE 2009 Excellence Awards Ceremony. They were Frank Adu-Poku who was adjudged the Best Candidate in the General Science Program, the National Best Candidate and then the Overall Best Candidate in West Africa; James Nti Omane was also adjudged the Overall Best in the Business Program.
• On 13 May 2011, PRESEC won the VRA 50th Anniversary Inter-Schools Debate Competition beating Mfantsipim School in the finals of the competition.
• September 2011, PRESEC won the Sprite Ball Inter-Schools Basketball Championship, defeating defending champions, Achimota School 10-8 in the finals.
Presec wins Coke Hits
• On 2 September 2011, PRESEC won the maiden edition of the Coke Hit Single. The competition featured musical talents from 32 senior high schools who vied for the ultimate title of “Coke Hit Single” – Best high school musical talents in Ghana.
• In March 2013, during the WASSCE 2012 Excellence Awards, Michael Siaw Larbi did the school proud once again by being adjudged the Overall Best Candidate in the General Arts Program in the West African Examinations Council’s examinations (West African Examinations Council) conducted throughout the West African sub-region; in a year where the Council recorded its highest number ‘ever’ of candidates meeting its minimum eligibility criterion for the excellence awards, that is 8 grade A1s – (an unprecedented 530 candidates out of the total 174,385 candidates who sat for the May/June WASSCE in 2012).
Sample West African Exams Council Excellence Awards “O” & “A” Levels
• 1988 – A Level – Fred Attakumah – 1st place in Ghana
• 1989 O Level – Kofi Senyo Honu – 1st place in Ghana
• 1990 – A Level – Lawrence Adu-Boateng – 1st (Ghana), Jonathan A. Laryea – 2nd (Ghana), Matthew K. Kyei – 3rd (Ghana)
• 1991 A Level – Philip K. Gbor – 1st (Ghana), Benedictus K. Attisogbui – 2nd (Ghana)
• 1992 A Level – Charles Ofosu – 1st (Ghana), Kofi Effah – 2nd (Ghana)
• 1993 A Level – Nortei Dowuona – 3rd (Ghana)
• 1994 A Level – Abdul Bassit – 3rd (Ghana)
• 1995 A Level – Raphael Afaedor – 3rd (Ghana)
• 1996 A Level – Samuel S. Mortoti – 1st (Ghana)
Sample West African Exams Council Excellence Awards, SSSCE & WASSCE
• 1993 SSSCE – Henry E. Amuasi – Best in Science Programme
• 1994 SSSCE – Divine Tetteh – Best in General Arts Programme
• 1996 SSSCE – David Amable – Best Overall, Best in Science Programme
• 2001 SSSCE – Emmanuel D.Padi-Best In Business Programme
• 2003 SSSCE – Michael B. Gbikpi – Best Overall, Best in Science Programme
• 2009 WASSCE – Frank Adu Poku – Best Overall, Best in Science Programme,- James Nti Omane – Best in Business Programme
• 2012 WASSCE – Michael Siaw Larbi – Best in General Arts Programme
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About PRESEC:
PRESEC) is a prestigious all-male academic institution founded in 1938. It was originally located at Odumase – Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was started as a secondary school for boys by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. PRESEC has ties with its sister school, Aburi Girls’ Senior High School.
The school’s crest has a shield with the Presbyterian Symbol (the St Andrew Cross-Scottish flag with the Swiss Flag embedded and a burning torch in the middle) with the motto of the school, “In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen” (meaning “In Thy Light We Shall See Light”), scrolled beneath.
The school was started in Odumase after a Ghanaian educationist with the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, E. A. W. Engmann lobbied for a boys’ school to be started by the church.[3] This finally came to fruition in 1938 with the first group of 16 boys and 4 teachers. Rev. Engmann was the first headmaster. The Odumase campus initially housed German missionaries, then a primary school and then a Government Survey School before becoming the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School. One of the proud traditions of the school is the ɔdadeɛ (baobab tree) located on the campus. An alumnus of the school is referred to as Ɔdadeɛ. The baobab tree is a Ghanaian symbol of knowledge, resourcefulness and strength. New students were traditionally initiated at the feet of this tree clad in bedsheets and powdered faces. PRESEC quickly gained a high reputation for the quality of its students both academically and in sports. PRESEC was located here till 1968 when it was moved to its new permanent location at Legon, Mile 9.
In September 1968, the new campus at Legon just north east of the University of Ghana campus at ‘Mile 9, received its first set of students. At the new campus it continued as a boys’ boarding secondary school until the mid 1970s when the sixth form was upgraded to the National Science College. Female students were admitted into the sixth form in small numbers to begin with from September 1975. They continued to be part of the student body till June 1996 when the last batch left.
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The Legon campus started with four student boarding houses. Three were named after notable Presbyterians. These are Kwansa House, Clerk House and Engmann House The fourth was named Akro House after the people of Krobo at Odumase. The next two houses to be built were Riis House and Labone House. With the completion of the National Science College buildings, more houses were added such Ako Adjei House and Owusu-Parry House (Named after the First Senior Prefect).Another house, yet to be named admitted it’s first residents in September 2010.Currently a new house is being built which is the tenth house in the School
Opoku Ware
Name Of School: Opoku Ware Senior High School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0002
Location: Fankyenebra, Santase
City/Town: Kumasi
District: Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Region: Ashanti Region
Country: Ghana
Contact Information
School Head: F. Mathew Oppong Mensah
Address: P.O. Box 849, Kumasi, Ghana.
Office Phone: +233
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Web Address: www.
School Information
Date Of Formation: 1952
Number Of Students: 1,800
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School Status: Public/Catholic
Type Of School: All-Male
Symbol: Tortoise
School Colours: Blue
Motto: Deu Lux Scientiae (God is the Light of Knowledge)
Nickname: OWASS
School System: Boarding and Day
• Notable Alumni: Air-Vice Marshall G. Y. Boakye (S59), former Air Force Commander and Airforce Chief of Staff under the SMC government in the 1970s,
• Commodore Steve Darbo, Flag Officer Commanding the Eastern Naval Command
• Commander P. M. G. Griffiths (Rtd) (R8), former PNDC and NDC Deputy Minister of State
• Naval Capt. Butah (Rtd) (P61), former NDC Minister of State,
• Major Boakye-Gyan (Rtd) (Q4) of AFRC fame (Spokesman)
• Lieutenant Colonel Richard Amponsem-Boateng (AF 1), fmr Commanding Officer 4BN
• Ernest Owusu-Poku fmr Inspector General of Police, Ghana
• Mr. P. V. Obeng (N28), former Member of the PNDC and Chairman of the Committee of Secretaries
• Prof Kasim Kasanga former Minister of Lands
• Mr. J. Bentum-Williams (S50), former Ghana High Commissioner to Malaysia under the NPP government,
• Mr. Francis Poku (A4, A60?), National Security Minister under the NPP administration.
• Mr. Justice Stephen A. Brobbey (Y76) Supreme Court Judge and former Chief Justice of The Gambia
• Dr. Gobind Nankani (D252), Former Economic Advisor to President Mills and Vice-President of the World Bank’s PREMN,
• Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi (W215) of GIMPA and former NDC Minister of State,
• Dr. Kwame Barwuah Edusei (O239) of the EO Group and formerly Ghana’s Ambassador to Switzerland and the US
• John Bentum William fmr High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Prof. Owusu Sarpong (L61), former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at KNUST and also a former Ambassador to France.
• Mr. Ato Austin (B24)(deceased) of the PNDC government,
• Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, Former Finance Minister and current MP for Old Tafo
• Dr Mustapha Ahmed MP & Dep. Minister
• Philippe Ayivor (C6) President, American Chamber of Commerce – Ghana
• John Boadu, National Organiser, NPP
• Kwabena Kyere fmr Dep Min of Education
• Nana Yaw Ofori Kuragu MP Bosome Freho
• Prof. George Gyan Baffour MP and former deputy minister of Finance
• Mr. Jacob Osei-Yeboah (AH 125) Independent Presidential Candidate in the 2012 elections
• Kwasi Appiah (O123), former Black Stars captain and former National Football Coach for the Black Stars,
• Prof. Boakye-Yiadom (S), former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of KNUST,
• Dr. Ernest Gyimah (Av 98), Former Vice-President of American Inc. University, London
• Prof Richard K. Amankwah – Dean of Students, University of Mines and Technology.
• Prof. Kwame Sarpong (Y11), first Provost of the College of Health Sciences at KNUST,
• Dr. Akwasi Acheampong Boateng (G67), Lead Scientist/Engineer, Author & Inventor, Biofuels Researcher, USDA, Philadelphia USA
• Dr Richard K Okine Inventor (C3) (fuel cells) holding several US patents
• Dr. Ohene Boachie Adjei (G8) who recently performed a spinal surgery on former President John Agyekum Kufour
• Mr. Martin Esson Benjamin (B53) chief executive of the Millenium Development Authority, Joint effort GH/USA
• Mr. Joe Mensah (V53), Country General manager, IBM Chief in Ghana
• Mr. Ernest Abankroh (X40), former Country Manager, Anglogold -Ashanti and currently CEO of West Africa Gas Pipeline Authority,
• Thomas Baafi (X43) Owner & CEO Bsystems (98th by the GIPC on the Ghana Club 100 list for 2011)
• Dr Kofi Amoah (J16), CEO Progeny Ventures (Citizen Kofi), chairman CAN 2008 LOC
• Mr. Ohene Karikari (U17), former national athlete and Africa’s number one sprinter during his time
• Christian Nsiah(AM11) national athlete, Olympian
• Rexford Brobbey- Deputy COO- AFCON 2008, fastest man in Ghana-100meters. Olympic game semi finalist(Fastest in Africa in 1984 (10.08sec))
• S. S. Atuahene fmr National Athletics Coach
• Ken Kuranchie (AK 63) Managing Editor, Daily Searchlight, Civil rights advocate
• Kontihene Musician ( Known for “Aketesia” song)
• Nana Akuoko Sarpong (Q125) Agogo Manhene
• Nana Otuo Serebour (E36), Omanhene of Juaben, an industrialist and electrical engineer, known in private life as Peter Amponsah
• Prof. Kwabena Oppong-Boachie (L19) Director of CSRMM. aka Obrempong Boachie Amoah Kromansah II, Manhene of Nsoatre Trad. Area.
• Dr. J. Oduro-Boateng(W128) CEO of Emmanuel Eye Centre, Accra,
• Dr. Felix Anyah (F209), CEO of Holy Trinity Spa in Sogakope.
• Peter Osei Duah (J77), fmr MD SIC
• Mr.Francis Owusu-Ansah(AP 71), Prominent Radio Personality/National Communications Director, Living Grace Ministries
• Dr.Charles Kwabena Adu Poku (H9)Md of Poku Transport Children’s Hospital
• Nana Osim Kwatia II (a.k.a Fred Croffie-T135) Chief of Amanokrom and Gyasehene of Akuapem Traditional Area,
• Mr. Martin Brobbey (AH7), CEO of Lexta Ltd, suppliers of YAZZ products
• Sarfo Abebrese, Lawyer and founder of Coalition of Supporters Unions of Africa – A Pan African Initiative
• Kwasi Adu Amankwah, Gen Sec. Int. Trade Union Conf. Africa & fmr Gh TUC boss
• Bishop George Adjeman Founder, Winners Chapel Ghana
• Dr Joe Manu Owner &CEO Pro Vita Specialist Hospital, Tema
• Dr Osei Akoto Afriyie (B43) MP Kwadaso
• Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi Owner &CEO Dan Adams Pharmaceuticals Ltd
• Dr. Jacob Kwakye-Maafo Owner & CEO, West End Clinic, Kumasi
• Dr. Michael Roy Appiah (R10) fmr Director, Cocoa Research Institute
• Dr. Clement Osei Akoto (AN 94)Archimedes,Phd Organic/Medicinal Chemistry University of Utah,First person to attain First Class in Chemistry at KNUST in 2000 congregation.
• Kwame Adinkra (AP 3**) Radio Personality (voted most consistent Performer on Radio)
• Prof Ohene Adjei CEO Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
• Dr. Kofi Essuming Appiah (AS 123).( Phd in Computer Science)–Youngest Phd holder in Ghana at the moment
Achievements: The school has won the Science and Maths quiz twice and have been runners-up four times. It has also been runners-up in the 1995 Brilliant Science and Mathematics Quiz Competition, and champions in 1997. Kwadwo Nkansah Osei-Agyemang particularly stood out with his exceptional ability in Maths, Physics and Chemistry, and also that quiz team in 1997 was so exceptional in the answering of the riddles round. It placed second in the first and only time the SSSCE results were published in a league form in Ghana.
The school has won 9 out of the 13 Superzonals in recent years in the Ashanti region. The school has produced several national athletes and Olympians including Ohene Karikari, Sandy Osei Agyemang, and Christian Nsiah.
Until the 1980s, OWASS as they are affectionately called was the only authorised test center for the administration of TOEFL and SAT exams in Ghana.It attained about 10 8As in the 2012 WASSCE making it the second best school in the Ashanti region of Ghana.Opoku Ware School is the only school in Ghana who have handed the heaviest NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHS QUIZ defeat to Prempeh College, one of the grade A schools in Ghana, in a 96–46 score that shocked the air waves in Ghana.
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About OWASS:
The school is named after the famous Asante King Opoku Ware I. OWASS students are called Akatakyie, meaning conquering warriors. Opoku Ware school is the first of the two all-boys Senior High schools in the Ashante Region.
Opoku Ware School was the first Catholic boys School in the Asante Kingdom. Although it is the Second all boys school in the region.Until its establishment, youth from the Ashanti Kingdom and the Northern part of Ghana who wanted Catholic education had to travel south across the Pra River to attend secondary schools.
This meant that members of the Catholic Church who wished to have their children educated in accordance with Catholic traditions had to send them to St. Augustine’s College or Holy Child College, both in Cape Coast.
The original plan to establish a secondary school in the Kingdom at the initiation of the King, called for one school jointly with the Catholic Church, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. The Catholic Church opted out of it and asked the King’s blessing for the establishment of a separate school for the Catholics.
At a meeting held on 31 January 1951, a decision was taken to build a Roman Catholic Mission secondary school. The government was to provide all the funds for the building of the school. The school was meant for 360 students with a possible expansion to the Sixth Form. It was to be developed according to a ten-year development plan, and the final cost was estimated at £250,000. An expatriate construction firm, Fry, Drew and Company, was awarded the contract to build classrooms, dormitories, laboratories, and administration block and staff bungalows.
Opening
OWASS opened its doors on 28 February 1952 to 60 young boys to the school, originally called Yaa Asantewaa College. Two weeks after the school opened, the name was changed to Opoku Ware School following consultations with and instructions from the Manhyia Palace. This was to honour one of the most illustrious Asante Kings, who in May 1744 approached the Roman Catholic Mission at the Elmina Castle to educate Asante youth.
Katakyie Opoku Ware I, ruled Asanteman between 1720 and 1750. A past student of the school is known as Katakyie (conquering hero) the title by which Nana Opoku Ware I was known, principally for the expansionist drive of Asanteman’s frontiers, and for which he became famously known.
The late Rev. Fr. P. R. Burgess, An Oxford University graduate, was the first headmaster of the school. He was the son of an Irish draper and a former major in the British Army. He was a Polyglot and spoke Italian and French fluently. He also spoke Aramaic. The boys spent their first night at St. Paul’s house, the only dormitory in what was a desolate clearing. Two small rooms next to that house served as their dining hall, their assembly hall and their classroom.
Expansion
By 1955, the school had five dormitories (St Paul, St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke and St John), ten classrooms, three science laboratories, an administration block, dining hall, kitchen, library, and 17 staff bungalows. There were 450 students attending the school.
A Sixth Form was established in 1958, to provide courses in both the arts and sciences. A Cadet Corps was formed in 1960.
Presently, the boys are housed in nine houses. There are over 74 classrooms, six science laboratories, two libraries, a science resource center, computer centre, language laboratory, and French and German languages teaching centres.
There are 36 staff bungalows, a block of eight flats and quarters for junior administrative staff, cooks, and pantry boys. There is also a staff canteen, a chapel, a dining hall, and a sick bay.
Current projects
• Ultra-modern ICT centre for the school
Wesley Girls
Name Of School: Wesley Girls’ Senior High School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0003
Location: Kukumdo
City/Town: Cape Coast
District: Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly
Region: Central Region
Country: Ghana
Contact Information
School Head: Mrs. Betty Djokoto
Address: P.O. Box 61, Cape Coast
Office Phone: +233 04232218/332132218/332133630
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Web Address: www. Wesleygirls.edu.gh
School Information
Date Established: 1836
Number Of Students: 1,200
Subjects Offered:
ARTS 2 ARTS 3 ARTS 4
Literature in English/Mathematics Economics Economics
Economics Geography Geography
Geography Mathematics Mathematics
French French French
VISUAL ARTS HOME ECONOMICS
Graphic Design/Picture Making Management-In Living
General Knowledge-In-Art Food & Nutrition
Mathematics Clothing & Textiles
Textiles/Economics Economics/General knowledge-In-Art
French
Chemistry
School Status: Public/Methodist
Type Of School: All-Females
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School Colours: Green & Yellow
Motto: Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow the King
Nickname: WEYGEYHEY
Anthem:
School System: Boarding and Day
Notable Alumni:
1. Professor D. Florence Dolphyne – First Female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
2. Dr. Mrs. Sylvia Boye – First Female Registrar, W.A.E.C.
3. Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse – First Female Director of I.L.O., United Nations
4. SQ. LDR. Melody Danquah – First Female Pilot of the Air Force
5. Dr. Mrs. Mary Grant – First Female Medical Doctor
6. Nana Ama Yeboah – First Female Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana
7. Mrs. Felicity Mensah – First Female Deputy Auditor General
8. Mrs. Peace Ayisi Otchere – First Female Executive Director of the African Development Bank
9. Mrs. Irene Duncan-Adanusah – First Female Secretary General of G.N.A.T.
10. Mrs. Comfort Engman – First President of Women World Banking
11. Dr. Mrs. Rosina Acheampong – First Ghanaian Head of the School and First Female Deputy Director General, G.E.S.
12. Dr. Mrs. Effie Hesse – First Female Paediatric Surgeon
13. Mrs. Janet Opoku Acheampong – First Female Director General of I.R.S.
14. Mrs. Ayodele Akiwumi – First Female Head of the Nursing School, University of Ghana
15. Lt. Col. Edjewani Afenu – First Female Commanding Officer of the Army Pay Office
16. Prof. Anna Barnes – First Female Dean of Faculty of Agriculture,University of Ghana, Legon
17. Mrs. Gladys Asmah – First Minister of the Ministry of Women & Children’s Affairs (First Ever Ministry)
18. Mrs. Agnes Aggrey- Orleans – First Female Career Diplomat to become Ambassador
19. Dr. Mrs. Emma Entuah-Mensah – First Female Doctor in Acquatic Biology
20. Rev. Ethel Vanderpuije – First Female Minister of Religion (Methodist Church – Ghana)
21. Mrs. Moore – First Female Vice President (Methodist Church)
22. Mrs. Florence Martey – First Female Marine Radio Engineer
23. Prof. Mrs. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu & Prof. Anne Marie Ofori – First Women to obtain first class in Law
24. Mrs. Eva Bentil-Enchill – First Female Engineer of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
25. Mrs. Comfort L. V. Opoku – First Female Surveyor
26. Mrs. Gertrude Ayorkor Mills-Tettey – First Female Student to win the National Excellence Award instituted by the WAEC for overall Best candidate in the Science programme
27. Ms. Araba Quansah – First Female Actuarial Scientist in West Africa
28. Rev. Afo Blay – First Female Director General, Ghana Education Service
29. Dr. Dorcas Osei-Safo – First Female Doctor in Chemistry, U. C. C.
30. Mrs. Elsie Yao – First Headmistress to head a mixed school – Christian Methodist Secondary School
31. Hajia Alima Mahama – Second Minister of the Ministry of Women & Children’s Affairs
32. Mrs. Dinah Ayensu – First Lady Industrialist in Tourism
33. Mrs. Justice Theodora Georgina Wood – First Female Justice of Chief Republic of Ghana
34. Prof. Naana J. Opoku-Agyeman – First Female Vice Chancellor
Achievements:
The West African Examination Council Excellence Awards presented to Wesley Girls High School:
S.S.C.E.
• SSSCE 1999 Overall National Best Candidate
Best Candidate In General Arts
2003
Overall National Third Best Candidate
2004
Overall National Second Best Candidate
Best Candidate in General Arts
• WASSCE 2005
Best Candidate in General arts
2006
Overall National Best Candidate
Overall National Second Best Candidate
Best Candidate in Business
Best Candidate in General Science
2007
Best Candidate in General Arts
Overall National Second Best Candidate
2008
Best Candidate in General Arts
2011
Overall National Best Candidate
Best Candidate in General Science
Overall National Third Best Candidate
• NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHS QUIZ 2008
3rd Position
• INTERNATIONAL AWARD
2009
Overall Third Best Candidate in West Africa
DISCIPLINE 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011
Basketball First First First First Third First
Handball First Fourth Third Fourth Second Second
Hockey Second First Third Third First Third
Table Tennis Fourth First First First Second Second
Soccer Second Second Second Fourth Fourth Fourth
“Sprite Ball”
Basketball Competition Champion Champion
Mickey Sports Mini Olympics
2011: 1st position
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Mission & Vision
We strive to achieve this vision by help of the Lord Jesus Christ on whom the school is built whilst pursuing the following:
1. Creating a propitious environment for the spiritual and moral development of each Girl.
2. Putting in place a frame work in which each girl can develop to the full, talents with which she may be endowed, while respecting those of others.
3. Providing what it takes to attain the highest academic standard.
4. Developing in each girl the capacity for quick, reasoned responses to challenges.
5. Developing in the individual an awareness of her responsibilities to the community and the broader society to which she belongs.
Vision
To produce God-fearing, well-balanced and self-confident individuals who are capable of taking the challenges of a fast-changing world in their stride whilst making the most of every opportunity for self-development and service to mankind.
The school was founded by the wife of the 2nd Methodist Missionary to the Gold Coast, Mrs. Harriet Wrigley in 1836 with 25 girls. Her aim was to give the girls basic training in housekeeping and catechism. Subjects taught included writing, reading, sewing and religious education. Classes were held at the Manse, in the Standfast Hall near the Victoria Part in Cape Coast.
However, five months after arrival, Mrs. Wrigley died. It was not until 1836 that an efficient school head in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Waldron took over the running of the school. She administered the school for 43 good years and laid a solid foundation for what was to become the Wesleyan Girls’ School and Training home. Values such as fortitude, integrity and truthfulness soon became the hallmarks of the products of the school. Their high academic ability encouraged the Methodist church to agree to the provision of higher education for girls. Consequently, in 1884, Rev. W. M. Cannell who was then the Headmaster of Mfantsipim School started the Secondary section with 20 girls.
The two levels; primary and secondary continued by fits and starts and were sometimes closed down due to acute shortage of funding. It even suffered a temporary loss of identity when it had to team up with Mfantsipim as a co-educational secondary school under a new name, The Collegiate School.
By 1900, the school was on its own again with Mrs. H. J. Ellis as the Headmistress. The school in the early 20th Century was dominated by the able leadership and constructive work of Sister Evelyn Bellamy, a deaconess who headed the school from 1914 to 1443. It was during her time, precisely on 8th June 1925 that Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey visited the school and penned these words in the log book of the school ‘to educate a boy is to educate an individual but to educate a girl is to educate a family’.
In 1951, the Secondary School section was separated definitely from the primary when Miss Olive Compton moved the Secondary division of the school to its present site at Kakumdo. The firm establishment of the high School is attributed to Miss Compton who conceptualised the school as H.M.S Excellence (A Ship) and had the school designed architecturally as such.
With time, the glamour of the high school eclipsed the primary section which has not regained its former glory till today.
Subsequent headmistress; Miss Clarice Garnett, the last of the missionaries saw to the establishment of the sixth form for science (the arts had already been established by Miss Compton). Miss Clarice Garnett handed over to the first African headmistress of the school, Mrs. Rosina Acheampong, who had to work hard to prove to the whole world that the black woman was also capable of running the school of excellence. Despite the challenges that the 1987 Education Reform posed with the resultant structural change that made the secondary course 3 years instead of the 7 years, Mrs. Rosina Acheampong was able to maintain discipline and such high academic standards that the school became the most desired by girls in the country. She was succeeded in 1997 by Mrs. Nancy Thompson another old girl of the school. She increased the intake from 800 to about 1200 and expanded the infrastructure whilst maintaining the high academic standards.
In 2003, she retired and Mrs. Betty Djokoto, another old girl of the 1975 year group, who had been Assistant Headmistress for 7 years in the school, became the Headmistress. During her time, admission to the school is through the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). The implications of this new system of admissions for the school coupled with current low morale of teachers are challenges she must work hard to overcome if standards are to be maintained.
Aburi Girls
Name Of School: Aburi Girls’ Senior High School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0004
Location: Aburi
City/Town: Aburi
District: Akuapim South Municipal Assembly
Region: Eastern Region
Country: Ghana
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School Head: Rosemond Bampo
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Adisadel
Name Of School: Adisadel College Ackmenz.com Directory # 0005
Location: Cape Coast
City/Town: Cape Coast
District: Cape Coast Municipal Assembly
Region: Central Region
Country: Ghana
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School Head: William Kusi Yeboah
Address: P.O. Box 83, Cape Coast
Office Phone: +233 04232543/4232543
Office Fax: +233 04232382/4232382
E-mail Address: info@adisadelcollege.net
Web Address: http//www.adisadelcollege.net
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Date Established: 1910
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School Status: Public/Anglican
Type Of School: All-Males
Symbol: Zebra
School Colours: Black & White
Motto: Vel Primus vel Cum Primis
Nickname: ADISCO
Anthem: Adisadel On The Hill
School System: Boarding
Notable Alumni: In March 2005, when Adisadel College recounted her achievements and contributions to national development during the 96th Speech and Prize-Giving Day Celebration, it became amply evident that, of the three arms of government in Ghana, two of them were headed by Adisadel products-Santaclausians
• Judiciary-Chief Justice George Kingsley Acquah, Chief Justice Edward Kwame Wiredu, Chief Justice Philip Archer
• Legislature- Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes, Hon Freddie Blay
The third arm, Executive, became part of Adisadel exploits when His Excellency, John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana graciously had the Honorary Santaclausian status conferred on him in his role as the Special Guest of Honour by the then Board Chairman, Mr. Hero Bhavnani.
In keeping with tradition, His Excellency, Alhaji Aliu Mahama was similarly decorated with the Honorary Santaclausian badge by the Board Chairman, Mr. Solomon Abam Quartey. The Vice-President accepted an invitation from the 1983 year group of Santaclausians who were the main sponsors of the 98th Speech and Prize-Giving day Celebration (twenty five years after leaving school) to be a member of their year group.[5]
• Sam E Jonah (KBE),Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital; previously President of AngloGold Ashanti
• Alan Kyeremanteng, NPP Presidential Candidate, Ghana.
• Dr. Ave Kludze, Jr., a Rocket Scientist, Senior NASA Engineer and first African to control the ERBS and TRMM rockets for NASA, piloting them from the control center on the ground) NASA/Headquarters – Washington, D.C.
• Captain James Hackman Tachie-Menson, First Black African Ship’s Captain & First African South of the Sahara to man a ship across the Atlantic Ocean; Former Managing Director of Black Star Line (Ghana’s National Shipping Line); Former Vice-President of Crown Cruise Line; Renowned Musician and Composer, whose notable musical compositions, such as “Where is our God?”, “Afrenhyia-Pa”, and “The New Born Prince of Peace” are frequently sung by choirs and churches throughout Ghana and the United States.
• Kojo Frans,Chief Executive Officer and President of Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB), Sweden
• Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, Network Computer Systems
• Justice George Kingsley Acquah, was the twenty-third (23rd ) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.[6]
• Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969
• Dr Adu Gyamfi, former president of Ghana Medical Association
• Professor A. S. Aryeetey, first provost of the College of Health sciences, University of Ghana, former dean of University of Ghana Medical School.
• Ernest Bediako, CEO of Ernest Chemists, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in Ghana
• Prince Kofi Amoabeng, CEO of UNIQUE TRUST, one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the country
• Ebenezer Sakyi Hughes, Speaker of Ghana’s parliament
• Prof J. E. O. Pobee, Professor of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School
• Prof Baah-Nuako, Professor of Economics, University of Ghana
• Dr Kofi Frimpong, First host on the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) programme WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
• C.K.B. Tachie-Menson, turned 90years (April 2011) – Oldest living Santaclausian. Born in 1921 he was at Adisadel between 1933-1940. Currently, President of the Old Boys Association in Cape Coast.
• Mr.Kwame Atta Acheampong, Managing Director of Attachy Constructions Company Ltd and Vice President Of Contractors Association Of Ghana
• Dr. A.K Amponsah, popularly known as Agya Koo Nimo – a Ghanaian folklorist and recording artist.
• Dr. Thomas O. Mensah,Chairman of the Scientific Council, United Nations Energy Forum, 2014,Fiber Optics Inventor and Innovator, USA, Adisadel Jazz Band Alto Saxophonist, First and only Black Person to receive 7 US Patents in Fiber Optics in Six Years, Chairman Lightwave and Wireless Inc, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Winner Percy Julian Award, Fellow AIChE,(Chemical Engineering), Associate Fellow AIAA,(Aeronautical Engineering), Resident -Knight House, Tom Owusu Mensah served as Entertainment Prefect, 1970, Won National French Competition for Adisadel College in 1968 and 1970. Edited 2 Engineering Books; Fiber Optics Engineering (1987), Superconductor Engineering (1992). Leading Expert in Nanotechnology. Member MIT Visiting Committee in Chemical Engineering,(1988-1992). Author of the Book “The Right Stuff” Comes in Black,Too:Found at http://www.Bookwhirl.com,Hard Cover, or http://www.Amazon.com, Paper back, and eBook on Kindle.
-Aglionby House, Ayesu Opare-Addo, Director of Suntrust Ltd.
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Modern Top science Students of excellence
• Dr. Charles Hayfron Benjamin, graduated in 1999. He obtained 1st class upper in Medical sciences at the University of Ghana, Legon.–2005. He also obtained Bachelor of medicine & bachelor of surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-bu, Ghana -2008
During his stay at Adisadel College, he won 8 academic prizes in SS1 (1st in chemistry, 1st in Elective maths, 1st in physics, 1st in Biology, 1st in core science, Awotwi maths prize, Ackah-Hagan Award (The most disciplined & academic student), 1 other academic prize), 6 academic prizes in SS2 (1st in chemistry, 1st in Biology, 1st in Elective maths, 1st in core science, and 2 other academic prizes, and 5 academic prizes) in SS3 (1st in chemistry, 1st in physics, 2nd in Biology, 1st in core science & fishers math prize).
He co-represented Adisadel College at the National Science & Math quiz Competition 1999. As a science student, he obtained the highest grade in O’level exams in the school. He also had the highest grade in core science in central region(O’level exams).
• Dr. Jude Opoku-Agyeman, graduated in 2000.Represented Adisadel College in the National Science and Maths Quiz, B.sc, Biology, Idaho State, Medicine.USA, Recipient of Student Doctor of the year award during medical school. Surgery residency USA.
• Dr. Andrew Kemetse, graduated in 2000. Medicine. Ghana
• Dr. Ralph Twum, graduated in 1998. PhD Mathematics. USA
• George Appiah, graduated in 2000. BSc Computer Science, M.S. Cybersecurity, MBA USA.
• Samuel Young Annan, graduated in 2003. Acturial Sciences USA
• Frederick Teye graduated 1996. B.Sc, Chemical Engineering. USA. Represented Adisadel College in National Science & Maths Quiz, 2X Recipient of the Fishers Math Prize (1995 & 1996)
• Jojo Amonoo Anamua graduated 1997. B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering. Ghana
• Arnold Lord Acquaye graduated 1997. B.Sc, Electrical/Electronic Engineering.KNUST, MSc Modern Digital & Radio Frequency Wireless Communication, LEEDS UNIVERSITY, UK, Telecom Consultant, USA
• James Malm, graduated in 1997. Represented Adisadel College in National Science & Maths Quiz, B.Sc, Electrical Engineering KNUST, M.S. Operations Management, PhD Finance, Recipient of the Fishers Math Prize (1997)
• Fredrick Owusu Nimoh,Graduated in 1998. Engineering. Ghana
• John Swatson, graduated in 2003. Petroleum Engineering. Ghana
• Lloyd Owusu-Asante, graduated in 2005. Represented Adisadel College in National Science & Maths Quiz,Represented University of Ghana in Zain Africa Challenge Competition winning the best player for the quarter-final contest between the University of Ghana and Makerere University, Uganda
• Scoon Boakye Appiah, Awarded 2003 Fisher’s maths prize. Business man
• Kwesi Parry Apponsah, graduated in 2003. BSc. Aerospace Engineering, Ghana. MASc. Aerospace Engineering, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). PhD Student Aerospace Engineering, (UTIAS)
• Bernard Nene Buetey Lemawu graduated 2000. B.Sc, Electrical Engineering. Ghana, MBA, GIMPA
• Augustus Obeng Asiedu, graduated in 2003. Bsc. Economics. Ghana., Head Of Operations at ILG Interline Freight Luftfracht GmBH
• Kwame Osei Ntiamoah, graduated in 2003. BSc Agric Engineering, KNUST, Business man. Chosen by Gayers Magazine as one of the 30 Business men under 30 to watch
• Ernest Numuah Assowah, graduated in 2003. BSc Chemical Engineering, KNUST, Mphil Minerals Engineering,UMaT, represented Adisadel college in the 2003 National Science and Maths Quiz, a metallallurgist at Endeavour mining cooperation
• Edwin Okoe Solomon, graduated in 2003. BSc Computer Science
Publications
• Adisadel On The Hill: The History (1910–2010) – By the Rev’d Canon Prof. Emeritus John Samuel Pobee, Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Accra. This book was published and launched in March 2010 to coincide with the school’s centenary anniversary. In the words of the author it was written to meet the aspirations and expectations of all year groups and also serve as an instrument to galvanize all old boys of the school, commonly known as Santaclausians, to support the school.
• The Owl is a monthly newsletter for students and alumni of Adisadel College that is brilliantly put together by Mr. Wilson Tagoe (Knight House – 1957) and Mr. Joe Opare (Jubilee – 1981).
• Reminiscences of Adisadel – A short historical sketch of ADISADEL COLLEGE published in 1980, By G. McLean Amissah.
Sports
Adisadel College has been sports power since colonial days to the present. Adisadel encourages all of its students to participate in some kind of sporting activity. Most students engage in recreational or competitive sports to eschew the label “Waste Pipe”- a campus vernacular that is used to refer to an able-body who does not participate in sports. Conforming to the Latin adage – “A healthy mind in a healthy body”, the school organizes competitive intramural sports. Early morning jogging by the entire residents of a dormitory is a common activity on campus. Cricket, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball, track and field, tennis and table tennis are some of the sports on campus.
Basketball
With victories over teams from Ghana Navy, University of Cape Coast, St. Johns School, the school dominated the sports in the seventies with players like Daniel Prempeh (Knight House), Angus Ola (Canterbury), Isaac Neizer (Canterbury), Ebenezer Ofori Ahwireng (knight), Laryea (Quaque) and Afful (Knight), Marlon Bilson (Knight). The sport suffered when the Drury Gymnasium was temporarily converted into a dining hall during the rebuilding of the current dining hall. Currently the school is rebuilding a team which was quite successful in many friendlies they played.
Soccer
The only school in Ghana with three soccer fields, Adisadel has developed soccer to a highly competitive level. More students participate in this sport than any other. In the early seventies, Adisadel students like Dr. Sam Amporful (1973) played for Cape Coast Vipers. Baffour Gyan,a striker of the national team, the Black Stars, is also an old boy and was in Hamlyn house. En route to becoming the Zonal Champions, Adisadel beat Ghana National College on penalty kicks. Ibrahim Ayew, a past student and son of Legend Abedi Ayew ‘Pele’ was a member of the college soccer team during the years of 2002-2004. He now plies his trade with Zamalek f/c, a top club in Egypt and Africa football. Rahim, as he is popularly known by his colleagues, was part of the Ghanaian squad that chalked the silver medal in the CAN 2010 Angola, losing to Egypt in the final. Samuel Appiah, currently in the MLS in the USA, plays for the Houston Dynamo. He played together with Rahim Ayew. He was the school captain and sports prefect. From Adisadel, he played for the University of Ghana soccer team and had a scholarship to Boston University where he played all their games and was the captain.
Track and Field
Adisadel College’s continued dominance in track and field can be traced to the late forties. The school continues to produce sprinters of national and internal caliber. Since H.O Nyarku of Adisadel represented Ghana (then Gold Coast) in 1952 Olympics Games in Helsinki, the school has produced several national sprinters like George Enchill (Sakinah), Yaw Atuahene (USA), Kofi Osei (Sasta) and Perry Ofori-Baffoe (Nguji). In 1997 Perry won 5-track events (100m, 200m, 400m, 4×100 and 4×400) setting a new 100m record, and representing Ghana at the National Junior Games in Edmonton, Canada.
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Adisadel was established in 1910 in a building at Topp Yard, near Christ Church and Cape Coast Castle. It began with 29 boys, but in 1935 it had about 200. The school buildings were extended in 1950 by Fry and Drew.[1] At the time of the Golden Jubilee in 1960, enrolment had gone up to 545. When the school celebrated its centenary in 2010 there were over 1500 boys (all boarders) and 93 teachers.
The school’s Founder was the Right Reverend Dr Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn of the Anglican Church. His purpose was to provide a grammar school for sons of Anglican parents, in particular a training ground for Church personnel.
The School is the second-oldest secondary school in Ghana, and claims to be one of the most famous institutions of learning in sub-Saharan Africa. The first secondary school to be established in Ghana was Mfantsipim School, also in Cape Coast, which was founded by the Methodist Church in 1876. It currently has 10 houses, the most recent being Thomas Jonah House, built in 1997.
Adisadel College was the first secondary school in the history of Ghana to have its prefects don special cloaks, red for the head prefects, blue for the other prefects and green for the assistants.
Uniform
The uniform of the school is black and white shirt on black shorts. It is commonly referred to as “zebra” due to its resemblance to the skin of the zebra.
Residence
The school has ten houses: Hamlyn, Quaque, Elliott, Canterbury, Knight, Aglionby, Ebiradze, Jubilee, Thomas Jonah, and Le Maire. The school has two parts: one lies on a hill and one below and these are linked by a staircase (Katanga Stairs) made up of 83 steps. The school one the hill is called Leopoldville and is commonly called by the students as The Upper School. It accommodates four houses: Hamlyn, Elliott, Canterbury and Knight. And also the White house where the Head Prefect and the Chapel Prefect reside. It is also where the school’s dining hall, assembly hall known as Canterbury Hall, the chapel, classroom blocks, the headmaster’s residence and the administration buildings stand. The lower part of the school is called Katanga or Lower School by students. This is where the other six remaining houses are. The sports stadium which includes a soccer field is situated there alongside two other soccer fields.
Tema Secondary
Name Of School: Tema Secondary School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0006
Location: Community five (5)
City/Town: Tema
Region: Greater-Accra
Country: Ghana
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Mfantsepim
Name Of School: Mfantsepim Senior High School Ackmenz.com Directory # 0007
Location: Cape Coast
City/Town: Cape Coast
Region: Central Region
Country: Ghana
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Head Of School: John Kwamina Ankomah Simpson
Address: P. O. Box 101 Cape Coast
Office Phone: +233 2134923/332132438
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Date Established: 1876
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Type Of School: All-Males
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Motto: Dwin Hwe Kan (be thoughtful of the future)
Nickname: KWABOTWE
Anthem: MHB 832 (For All The Saints)
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Notable Alumni: Alumni of the school include Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Kofi Abrefa Busia, former prime minister of Ghana; Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson, academic, engineer and politician; J.E. Casely Hayford, journalist and politician; and Alex Quaison-Sackey, diplomat.
Awards and Achievements
• Winners of the 2014 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz
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Mfantsipim is a Methodist secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It has origins in the first secondary school to be established in the Gold Coast, (now Ghana), Wesleyan High School, founded on 3 April 1876. The first principal was James Picot, who was 18 years old at the time. The school changed its name to Wesleyan Collegiate School in 1896.
In 1905 a graduate of the school, John Mensah Sarbah, founded a rival school named Mfantsipim; the name derives from “Mfantsefo-apem”, meaning “thousands of Fantes”. In July of the same year the two schools were merged under the control of the Methodist church, keeping the name Mfantsipim. In 1931 the school moved to the present site at Kwabotwe Hill in the northern part of Cape Coast, at the top of Kotokuraba Road
Prempeh
Name Of School: Prempeh College Ackmenz.com Directory # 0008
Location: Sofoline/Adoato
City/Town: Kumasi
Region: Ashanti Region
Country: Ghana
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Date Established: 1949
Number Of Students: 2,100
Subjects Offered: Mathematics, Visual Arts, Business, Science, Agric Science, Social Science and Languages.
Status: Public/Wesleyan-Presbyterian
Type Of School: All-Males
Symbol: Stool
School Colours: Green & Yellow
Motto: Suban Ne Nimdie (Character & Knowledge)
Nickname: Amanfoﬤ
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The School’s official name is Prempeh College. Both current and past students are known as Amanfoﬤ, depicting the sense of nationalism imbued in the pioneering students in the original motto of the College: “Oman pa fapem me obrapa” which translates as Good citizens make a good nation. There is a strong determination through hard work, integrity and good
morals and also a strong desire by Amanfoﬤ to serve the nation in particular, and the world at large in any capacity they find themselves. The original motto was amended to “Suban Ne NimdeƐ” – Character and Knowledge in 1964.
Prempeh College as an educational institution is a product of a fruitful collaboration between the Kumasi Traditional Council, the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in the then Gold Coast and the Colonial Central Government.
The Colonial Government sought to correct this imbalance in the early 1940’s by inviting the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, which had proven experience in running institutions of learning to start a Secondary School for boys.
After some delays caused by the Second World War, the final decision to open a school for boys in Kumasi was taken in 1948. Prempeh College, therefore, was founded to fill a void that had existed in Secondary Education for residents of Ashanti and the Northern Sector of the Country
Temporary accommodation was found for the Students in the premises of the 52nd Military Hospital. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Agyeman Prempeh II, who had taken personal interest in the formation of the school donated the land which forms the present site of the school.
The name Prempeh College was suggested by Major C.O. Butler, the then Chief Commissioner for Ashanti. The Ashanti colours of green and gold was adopted by the school. The first Headmaster, Rev. S. N. Pearson presented the school crest which incorporated the school colours and depicting the Ashanti stool as well as a cross, representing the role of the church.
The School was opened on 3rd February, 1949 with the arrival of 50 students and its formal opening ceremony was attended by many dignitaries, including The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Agyemang Prempeh II, Major C. O. Butler, Church Leaders, Chiefs and members of the Kumasi Traditional Council.
The Asantehene maintained a keen interest in the school and was a frequent attendant at the School’s Speech and Prize-Giving Days.
Special mention is made of Dr. T. A. Osae, first African headmaster who brought the work of his predecessors to fruition and built on it. Under him Prempeh was placed on a high pedestal, beating key schools academically for ten consecutive years.
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