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List Of Boarding Schools
This list includes notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year). Africa Cameroon * Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon * Saker Baptist College, Limbe 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 Potter Girls' School *Ghana National College * 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' Secondary School * St. Augustine's College * St. Monica's School * St. Louis Secondary School * St. Roses Girls Secondary School * Wesley Girls' High School Kenya *Brookhouse International School * Nairobi Academy *Rift Valle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makó Boarding School 02
Makó (, german: Makowa, yi, מאַקאָווע Makowe, ro, Macău or , sk, Makov) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 23,272 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, from 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Child High School, Ghana
Holy Child School, also known as Angel's Hill, is an all girls boarding second-cycle institution in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. In 2003, the school was ranked among the best 10 schools in Africa, producing the best overall female student in the 2003 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSSCE) Holy Child School also produced the best overall student,Jochebed Adwoa Sutherland and the second best overall student, Audrey Emefa Awuttey for the 2017 West African Senior School Examination, WASSCE. The school was founded by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) in 1946 to provide education to Catholics within the region. The current student population stands at over 1000 girls aged between 14 and 18 years. All students of Holy Child School are boarders. The School has always prided itself in providing holistic education for females so that they may strive to achieve higher heights and become "Women of Substance". The school motto is, in la, Facta Non Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookhouse International School
Brookhouse School (also known as Brookhouse International School) is an independent British curriculum co-educational day and boarding school that offers early years, preparatory and secondary schooling. The first and main campus is located in Langata, a suburb of Nairobi. The Runda Campus off Kiambu Road was opened in 2017. Academics Brookhouse follows the National Curriculum for England and students take IGCSE and A-Level at 16+ and 18+, respectively. Students take examinations through both the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and Edexcel Boards. Curriculum The school is a British national System admitting students from 2yrs to 18 yrs. Brookhouse Schools also offers an international foundation year bridging programme in partnership with the Northern Consortium of UK Universities (NCUK). Extracurricular activities Brookhouse School offers a large programme of extra-curricular activities, including a wide range of sports and trips. Examples of activities regularly o ... [...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 of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a 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. Achievements * Won the Sprite Ball Championship in 2008 and 2016 * Notable alumni * Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer and digital marketer * Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 1st police woman in Ghana * Betty Acquah, feminist painter * Adina, musician * Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2006 – 2019) *Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi, Ghana Ambassador to South Korea (2017–2021) * Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat * Zaneto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Roses Senior High (Akwatia)
St Rose's Senior High (Rosec or Roses) is a public Catholic high school for girls, located in Akwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The second-cycle high school was founded in 1965 by the 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 September 1969, the teacher training college was changed over into a secondary school with the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School
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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, and is considered to be one of the best secondary schools in Ghana. 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 Championships held in Michigan, USA. History In the early 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Senior High School And Minor Seminary
Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (formerly St John's Seminary and College, nicknamed POJOSS), is an all-boys boarding school, located at Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established in 1958 by Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD as a Catholic seminary for boys who wished to become priests. Students are offered courses such as general arts, general science, business and visual arts to pursue and after their stay in the school, sit an external examination called the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to be placed in any of the tertiary institutions in the country. The students of the school are usually referred to as ''Pojomma'' while the alumni are addressed as Pojoba, to which they respond ''Daasebre''. Since its establishment in 1958, the school has achieved many successes and has produced great men for Ghana and the world over. There are about 2100 boys in the school. History On 8 November 1953, Bishop Joseph Olive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opoku Ware School
Opoku Ware School, often referred to as OWASS, is a public Catholic senior high school for boys, located in Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, which is the capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana. 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 Constituency * James Kwesi Appiah (O 123) former head coach of the Ghana Black Stars * George Boakye, former Chief of Air Staff * Stephen Alan Brobbey, retired jurist; former Chief Justice of the Gambia and justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana * Shadrack Osei Frimpong, founder of Cocoa360 * George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning and Member of Parliament(Wenchi) * Ohene Karikari, former national athlete and Africa's number one sprinter during his time * John Kumah, Deputy Minister of Finance. * Jacob Kwakye-Maafo, physician, surgeon and CEO of W ... [...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 intell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mfantsipim School
Mfantsipim 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. After changing its name to Wesleyan Collegiate School and Richmond College, the school, in 1905, merged with another Cape-Coast-based public high school established by John Mensah Sarbah (an old student of Wesley High School), who had established his own school called "Mfantsipim" as a rival of the Methodist-run school. John Mensah Sarbah died five years after the merger, at the age of 46, leaving the school wholly in the hands of the Methodist Church. Mfantsipim is nicknamed "The School" because it gave birth to other prominent schools such as Prempeh College. Other schools, such as Ghana National College, were started with students ... [...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 in 1960 by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was claimed the school selected 70 girls from the Common Entrance Examination who became the first batch of the school. Features The motto of the school is '''Obra Nye Woarbo in Twi meaning 'Life is what you make it'. The colors of the school is mauve and white. The badge of the school has an eagle, straw basket, claw of an eagle and a woman seating on an elephant. Notable staff * Vida Yeboah, politician, former headmistress * Christine Churcher, politician, former teacher Notable alumni Politics, government, and public policy * Matilda Amissah-Arthur, former Second lady of Ghana *Samira Bawumia, Second lady of Ghana * Ursula Owusu-Ekuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
