Labone Senior High School was started in January 1947 at La “Abormi” as La Bone College. The motto was then “Think And Fly”. The name La Bone College was first changed in November 1957 to Ghana College. Currently, it is known as Labone Senior High School. Labone SHS has led in many inter school sports […]
Tag Archives: Education History
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The school was established in the year 1967 by the then head of state Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was the second secondary technical school after Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi. It also bore the name Ghana Secondary Technical School until in the 2000s that it was changed to Koforidua Secondary Technical School and […]
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Accra Girls Senior High School was established in 1960 as one of the Ghana Education Trust Schools. The history of the Ghana Education Trust Schools dates back to the 1950s and 1960s which marked a period of self-governance in administration under the distinguished leadership of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. There were only few schools and as […]
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Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High School (YAGSHS) was established in 1961 as part of the rapid educational expansion project pioneered by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first Ghanaian President after the independence of the country. The school started in 1960 with seventy students. The school was named after Yaa Asantewaa, the great historical revolutionary heroine […]
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St Mary Senior High School at Korle Gonnor in Accra was established on 6th February 1950 by two dedicated Catholic missionary sisters and Servants of the Holy Spirit. The school started with just ten girls and a staff of two reverend sisters namely, the late Rev. Sisters Jane and Rosette. The school has academic ties […]
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By September 1967 the school was relocated when a fifteen-unit classroom block was completed together with a two-storey science block. 1967, Mr. A.N.B Andrews, had then taken over from Mr. Sanful Snr. as headmaster. Mr. Andrews leadership saw further developments in infrastructure such as a ten-unit classroom block, a home science block, a technical block […]
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Accra High School was founded by the late Rev. James Thomas Roberts on 17 August 1923. The school, was located at beach avenue in Aayalolo, a suburb of Accra, Ghana. The school celebrated its first anniversary in August 1924 with a church service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Accra and the sermon was delivered by […]
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In 2016 Krobo Girls SHS celebrated 90 years of Excellence in Girls’ Education. Krobo Girls’ Senior High School was founded by female Scottish Missionaries in March 1927, as a Middle School for girls. A two-year teacher training college for women was added to the girls school in 1944 on experimental basis under the accelerated plan […]
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On January 15, 1935, the foundation stone was laid by the then Governor, Arnold Hodson and blessed by Bishop Porter with support from the Bishops of Keta, Navrongo and Kumasi. Construction work progressed steadily and almost a year after, the training college was transferred to Cape Coast. A year and week after the laying of […]
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St Augustine’s College – Blazing the trail: 90 Years of Excellence. Named after the Patron Saint Aurelius Augustinus, St. Augustine’s College is every bit a reflection of the life of the illustrious saint. Established some 90 years ago, this great institution has been through thick and thin, ups and downs, happy and sad moments, and […]
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PRESEC – Legon is currently 81 years and from Odumase to Legon, still Ghana’s finest secondary school for boys. From a humble enrolment of 16 pioneer-students and 4 tutors in 1938, the current population is 3,870 boys, with 70 classrooms, 178 teachers, 75 non-teaching staff and 20 national service personnel. The cry of the Presbyterian […]
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THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL When the time came to get the School a fitting and permanent name, it was very strongly suggested by some of the leading chiefs of the State, that is, the influential members of the Okyeman Council, that it should be named after its benefactor, the Okyenhene, thus “Nana Sir Ofori […]
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It turned out that what they have set out to do was an extraordinary undertaking which required more resources and extra support than they had envisaged. It was at this juncture that Mr. Aaron Ofori Atta also known as Kofi Asante Ofori Atta who later became a Cabinet Minister in the First Republic came into […]
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Abuakwa State College is a co-ed second cycle institution in Kibi in Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1936 by three elders of the Methodist Church at Asafo-Akyem as a preparatory institution to prepare Ghanaian students who wanted to sit the then Junior Cambridge Examination. It was relocated to Kyebi in 1967 […]
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Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Secondary School was founded on 22nd January, 1940 by the late Rev. Dr. A. W. E. Appiah with six boys. He named the school Aggrey Memorial College after his late Uncle Dr. J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey. His aim was to perpetuate the memory of his uncle by means of an institution, […]
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Aburi Girls Senior High School was formally established as a secondary school for girls in the year 1946. However, its origin dates as far back as 1852, when the Basel Mission opened a school at primary level for girls at their mission station inside the town. The primary school continued until its takeover by the […]
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The Methodist church established the school in 1940, apparently to fill a vacuum left by the establishment of Mmofraturo Girls Boarding School. The Church needed a middle boarding school for only boys. The school started in a located directly opposite Freeman College, Kumasi, Ghana. Within a few years, the enrolment shot up and as a […]
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On the 8th of November, 1953 – Bishop J. O. Bowers SVD came to New Juabeng Traditional Area on his first Pastoral Visit. Discussions with Nana Frempong Manso II led to the Catholic Mission. Father Anthony Bauer and Fr. Henk Janseen were asked to survey the land. Their report was favourable. In 1955 – early […]
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The earliest history of formal, western-style education in Ghana is directly associated with the history of European activities on the Gold Coast. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive at the Guinea coast in 1471. Their intention to establish schools was expressed in imperial instructions that, in 1529, encouraged the Governor of the Portuguese […]