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List Of Boarding Schools
This list includes WP:NCORP, notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year). Africa Cameroon *Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon, Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon *Saker Baptist College, Limbe, Cameroon, Limbe Gambia *Armitage High School Ghana *Aburi Girls' Senior High School *Accra Academy *Accra Girls Senior High School *Achimota School *Adisadel College *Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School *Anglican Senior High School, Kumasi *Archbishop Porter Girls Secondary School, Archbishop Potter Girls' School *Ghana National College *Holy Child High School, Ghana, Holy Child School *Koforidua Senior High Technical School *Kumasi Academy *Kumasi High School *Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School *Mfantsipim School *Ofori Panin Senior High School *Opoku Ware School *Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary *Prempeh College *Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School, Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School *St. Augustine's Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makó Boarding School 02
Makó (, , Makowe, or , ) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 21,913 people and it has an area of , of which is arable land. Makó is the fourth-largest town in Csongrád County after Szeged, Hódmezővásárhely and Szentes. The town is from Hódmezővásárhely, from Szeged, from Arad, Romania, Arad, from Gyula, Hungary, Gyula, from Timișoara (Temesvár), and from Budapest. The climate is warmer than anywhere else in Hungary, with hot, dry summers. The town is noted for its onion which is a hungarikum, the spa and the thermal bath. The Makó International Onion Festival, the largest of its kind, is held annually. Makó is a popular tourist destination in Hungary. The Makó gas field, located near the town, is the largest natural gas field in Central Europe. The gas volume is more than 600 billion cubic metres (21 trillion cubic feet), according to a report by the Scotia Group. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana National College
Ghana National College is a senior high school in Cape Coast, Ghana. Overview Ghana National College was founded on 20 July 1948, staffed by dismissed teachers from St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast), St Augustine's College and Mfantsipim School.''Hon. Lee Ocran, Member of Parliament for Jomoro'' in an address to the Parliament of Ghana, 26 February 2007. The college was founded by the first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah using his own funds, for eight students who had been expelled by the British colonial administration from St Augustine's College. The Expulsion (education), expulsion resulted from a protest march, held in solidarity with Nkrumah, who was then imprisoned. Notable alumni In 2014 the college created a Hall of Fame to honour alumni. The first inductees were Francis Allotey, Samuel Sefa-Dedeh, Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, Anthony Annan-Prah, David Taylor, Lee Ocran, Lee Tandoh-Ocran and Koby Arthur Koomson, Kobby A. Koomson. The alumni of Ghana Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Girls' High School
Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Ghana, Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist Church in Singapore, Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. History Wesley Girls' High School was ranked 68th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by ''Africa Almanac'' in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility. Controversy In December 2024, the school was sued by Shafic Osman, a private legal practitioner for allegedly denying Muslim students the right to practice their faith in the school. Notable alumni * Rosina Acheampong, educationist, first female deputy director general of the Ghana Education Service, GES, first Ghanaian headmistress of Wesley Girls High School * Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer and digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Roses Senior High (Akwatia)
St Rose's Senior High (Rosec or Roses) is a Public school (government funded), public Catholic school, Catholic high school for girls, located in Akwatia in the Eastern Region (Ghana), Eastern Region of Ghana. The second-cycle high school was founded in 1965 by the Dominican Order, Dominican Sisters. History St Rose's Senior High School is one of the girls' schools in the Eastern Region being managed by the Catholic Church. St. Rose's Senior High School (Formerly St. Roses Secondary School) was founded in November 1965 by the Dominican Sisters from Speyer, Germany. The Dominican founding Sisters were; Rev. Sr. Victricia Koch, who was then the Superior General of the Dominican Sisters in Ghana; Rev. Sr. Beatrix Koob, Rev. Sr. Zita Simon and Rev. Sr. Solamen Ott. They were brought to Ghana by the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, the then Bishop of the Accra Diocese of the Catholic Church. The school first started as a teacher training college with 80 students but in Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School
Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC, Legon) is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. The Basel Mission, Basel missionary-theologian, Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862–1961), who served as the first Presbyterian polity, Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1918 to 1932, used his tenure to advocate for the establishment of the secondary school. The school has ties with its sister schools, Aburi Girls' Senior High School and Krobo Girls Senior High School. The school's crest has a shield with the Presbyterian symbol (the St Andrew Cross-Scottish people, 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 shield. The sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prempeh College
Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The school is named after the King of Ashanti (Asantehene), Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, who donated the land on which the school was built, and was modeled on Eton College in England. The school topped matriculation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2004, with 441 students admitted, and in 2012, with 296 students from the college admitted.This remains the highest number of matriculants from the same senior high school. The school has won the National Robotics Championships a record five times between 2013 and 2021. In 2016, Prempeh College won the Toyota Innovation Award at the International Robofest World championship, World Championships held in Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Senior High School And Minor Seminary
Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (POJOSS) (formerly St. John's Seminary and College) is a Catholic all-boys day-boarding school located in Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Established in 1958 by Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), the school was originally founded as a seminary for boys aspiring to become priests, primarily for those interested in the Catholic priesthood. The school offers programs in general arts, general science, business, and visual arts, preparing students to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), a prerequisite for admission into tertiary institutions in Ghana. The student body comprises approximately 2,100 boys, who are colloquially referred to as "Pojomma", while alumni are known as "Pojoba", with the response "Daasebre" serving as a cultural identifier among them. History On 8 November 1953, Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers visited the New Juaben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opoku Ware School
Opoku Ware School, often referred to as OWASS, is a Public school (government funded), public Catholic school, Catholic senior high school for boys, located in Santasi, Kumasi, Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, which is the capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana. The school code is 0050110. The school's denomination is Catholic. The school is Category A. Notable alumni * Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, former deputy NDC Minister of State * Kwamena Ahwoi, former NDC Minister of State * Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for food and Agriculture * Stephen Amoah, Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso, Kumasi, Nhyiaeso Constituency * James Kwesi Appiah (O 123) former head coach of the Ghana Black Stars * George Boakye, former Ghana Air Force, Chief of Air Staff * Stephen Alan Brobbey, retired jurist; former Chief Justice of the Gambia and justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana * Shadrack Frimpong, Shadrack Osei Frimpong, founder of Cocoa360 * George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning and mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofori Panin Senior High School
Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) is a co-educational second cycle institution at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ofori Panin School (formerly Tafo-Kukurantumi Senior High school, now nicknamed OPASS), is a co-educational boarding school located at Tafo in Akyem, Eastern Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1961 by Kwame Nkrumah. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 19 May 1962 by Hon. Kofi Asante Ofori Attah, M.P. for Akim Abuakwa and Minister of Justice at that time. An alumnus/alumna of Ofori Panin is known as an "Opassian". The motto of the school is "Dwen Na Som" meaning "Think and Serve", a reference to the founders' expressed philosophy that starting in the context of school life, male and female, everyone should serve with a thoughtful mind and be ready and willing to serve yourself, your school, family, nation and the world at large. The school crest was designed using the leopard and other items. The leopard signifies strength and intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mfantsipim School
Mfantsipim School is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth on the then Gold Coast. Its founding name was Wesleyan High School and the first headmaster was James Picot, a French scholar, who was only 18 years old on his appointment. Mfantsipim is nicknamed ''The School'' because it gave birth to other prominent schools such as Prempeh College. History The idea of establishing a collegiate school to raise educational standards in the Gold Coast was first mooted in 1865 but was not realized until 1876 when the ''Wesleyan High School'' was established in Cape Coast with donations from local businessmen and the support of the Methodist Missionary Society in London. The school was originally intended to be situated in Accra, owing to a decision by the British Government to move the capital of the Gold Coast from Cape Coast to Accra by 1870. However, due to loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School
Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School is an all-girls second cycle institution in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. The school was founded in 1960 by Kwame Nkrumah, originally under the name Saltpond Girls' Secondary School. The school is also known as 'Syte'. History The school was built by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in commemoration of the profound and significant role played by the women of Saltpond in the nation's struggle for independence, Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School was established. Formerly known as Saltpond Girls, this institution was founded with the purpose of providing relevant education at the second-cycle level for girls. The aim was to equip them with essential skills that would enable them to harness their potential and contribute productively to society. This initiative aimed to facilitate poverty alleviation, foster socio-economic growth, and contribute to the overall development of the nation. Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School officially opened on the 30th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumasi High School
Kumasi High School, often referred to as KUHIS, is a category A boys' senior high school in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was established in 1962 by S. K. Amoah. It is regarded as one of the best senior high schools in Ghana and the best business school in Ghana. They are the reigning champions of the inter-school soccer competition in the Ashanti Region, and the current champions of Luv FM, Luvfm High School Debate, beating rivals Prempeh College in the finals. They are also the maiden champions of the USA Ambassador business quiz and the first runners-up in the Ashanti Regional Science and Maths quiz. The students are known collectively as Mmerantee (Gentlemen). History Kumasi High School started as a private institution called Kwame Nkrumah Secondary School under the initiative of S. K. Amoah. In 1963, the School moved to Kwadaso in Kumasi from Asuoyeboa and occupied rented premises. In the 1965–66 academic year, Amoah's school was absorbed by the government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
