Achimota School
Achimota School
| Piiluu | 1924  |
|---|---|
| Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu | Bɔrefɔ |
| Founded by | Gordon Guggisberg |
| Paaloŋ | Ghana |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Greater Accra Region, Okaikwei North Munisipal Desekyere |
| Coordinate location | 5°37′38″N 0°12′49″W |
| Headquarters location | Achimota |
| Operator | Ghana Education Service |
| Street address | P.O. Box AH 11 Achimota Accra, Greater Accra Ghana |
| Official website | https://www.achimota.edu.gh/ |
Achimota School (/ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ah-ch-ee-m-oh-t-ah), eɛ Prince of Wales College ane School nang be Achimota, da wa ta la wagre kaŋa e Achimota College, k'a o yokpɛglaa e Motown,[1][2] eɛ a co-educational boarding school naŋ be Achimota a Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. A sakuuri da taa la sommo 1924 yi Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey ani a Rev. Alec Garden Fraser. O paa da taa la yuobu a 1927 yi Guggisberg, saŋa na Governor ko a British Gold Coast colony. Achimota, modelled ko a British public school system, da eɛ a dandaŋ mixed-gender school naŋ da taa iibo ko a Gold Coast.
Yiiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Achimota School taa daba pie ne ayɔpoi ka a pɔgeba meŋ taa ba biiri yiri a Eastern (E) ani a Western (W) Compounds
Daba yiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Fraser House (W) – named after Alec Garden Fraser (formerly House 12)
- Aggrey House (E) – named after James Kwegyir Aggrey; first house to be established on campus
- Guggisberg House (E) – named after Sir Gordon Guggisberg
- Gyamfi House (E) – named after a former student and member of the Asante royal family. Gyamfi died while a student at Achimota, and one of the consequences of his death was that the Asante Kingdom decided to have its own version of Achimota closer to home, thus was born Prempeh College.
- Cadbury House (E) – named after Cadbury
- Lugard House (E) – named after Lord Lugard, former Governor of Nigeria
- Livingstone House (E) – named after David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary explorer of Africa
- Kwapong House (W) – named after Alexander Kwapong, alumnus and first African Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon and Vice Rector of the UN University, Tokyo
Pɔgeba yiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Kingsley House (E) – named after Mary Kingsley, an English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer
- McCarthy House (E) – named after Sir Charles McCarthy, a former British military governor to territories in West Africa (McCarthy House was formerly a male house and an Engineering School)
- Slessor House (E) – named after Mary Mitchell Slessor, a Scottish missionary in Nigeria
- Clark House (E) – named after English missionary Mary Clark. It was the first female house to be built.
- Ofori-Atta House (W) – named after Susan Ofori-Atta, alumna and Ghana's first female medical doctor (formerly House 11)
- Baeta-Jiagge House (W) – named after Annie Jiagge, alumna and the first woman to become a judge in Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly House 17)
- Stopford House (W) – named in honour of Anglican Bishop and school principal (1941–45), Robert Stopford (formerly a male house and later, a female house, O. A. A. House and earlier, House 18)
- Atta Mills House (E) – named after John Evans Atta Mills, alumnus and President of Ghana (2009–12)
- Aryee House (E) – named after Joyce Aryee, alumna, politician and business executive
School Profile Summary
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]School Category
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Category A
School Code
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]0010110
School Accommodation
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Day/Boarding[3]
School Gender
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Mixed (Boys/Girls)[4]
School Courses
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Course programme categories offered at the school:[5]
- Agriculture
- Home Economics
- Visual Arts
- General Arts
- General Science
- STEM(added 2024)
School Motto
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Ut Omnes Unum Sint (That They All May Be One)[6]
Principals ani heads
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| Name | Tenure of office |
|---|---|
| A. G. Fraser, CBE | 1924–35 |
| H. M. Grace | 1935–41 |
| R. W. Stopford, KCVO, CBE | 1941–45 |
| H. C. Niell | 1946–49 |
| P. G. Rendall | 1949–53 |
| A. W. E. Winlaw, TD, OBE | 1954–59 |
| D. A. Chapman Nyaho, CBE | 1959–63 |
| I. K. Chinebuah, MP | 1963–65 |
| Nana' Alan P. Rudwick, OBE, GM | 1965–77 |
| Canon L. Ankrah | 1977–81 |
| A. A. Dadey | 1982–85 |
| Robert Winston Asiedu | 1985–95 |
| Charlotte Brew-Graves | 1995–02 |
| Adelaide Kwami, GM | 2003–07 |
| Beatrice T. Adom | 2007–17 |
| Joyce R. Addo | 2017–19 |
| Marjorie Affenyi | 2019–22 |
| Ebenezer Graham Acquaah | 2022– |
Ziiri mine linkiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Sommo Yizie
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- ↑ https://buzzghana.com/popular-achimota-school-alumni/
- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Throwback-Thursday-Which-is-the-best-jama-school-Motown-or-Presec-605454
- ↑ https://schoolsingh.com/senior-high-schools/achimota-school/about
- ↑ https://schoolsingh.com/senior-high-schools/achimota-school/about
- ↑ https://schoolsingh.com/senior-high-schools/achimota-school/programmes
- ↑ https://schoolsingh.com/senior-high-schools/achimota-school/about
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031818/http://www.achimota.edu.gh/principals.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051107083143/http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY30448I
- ↑ https://ghananewsagency.org/social/achimota-school-headmistress-calls-for-adequate-security-159690
- ↑ https://allafrica.com/stories/201911120443.html