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Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in
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, the capital city of the
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, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the
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traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the
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and the
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. The School is named after the King of Ashanti, (
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) Sir
Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II Prempeh II (Otumfuo Nana Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, KBE, – 27 May 1970), was the 14th Asantehene, or king of the Ashanti (Ruler of the Asante), reigning from 22 June 1931 to 27 May 1970. Biography Asantehene Prempeh II of the Asha ...
, who donated the land on which the school was built. and was modeled on
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in England. The school topped matriculation at the
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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
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s in
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. 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
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World Championships held in Michigan, USA.


History

In the early 1940s, the British Colonial Government invited the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, which had already established institutions such as Wesley Girls High School and the Presbyterian Boys Secondary school in Krobo Odumase based on their experience, to help set up a school in the middle belt of Ghana to serve the northern sector of the country. Although there were some delays due to the second world war, in 1948 Prempeh College was designed by renowned British modernist Architect Maxwell Fry and his wife
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. Compared to other works by Jane Drew in
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, Prempeh College campus was designed to incorporate modernist refinements as described by Lain Jackson and Jessica Holland in their book titled "The Architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew: Twentieth Century Pioneer Modernism and the tropics". According to the Ashanti Pioneer Newspaper, the opening ceremony of Prempeh College was held on the 5th February 1949. Major C. O.Butler, the chief commissioner of Ashanti gave the following address at the ceremony; ''There is a great and growing need for training men to take up posts of responsibility not just as clerks in offices but in Agricultural Education, Mining, Forestry, Architecture, Engineering and Building in the many other technical posts on the fulling of which by Africans the future development of Ashanti and the Gold Coast as a whole largely depends … We British from overseas are here to help you ultimately to administer the country yourselves … until you yourselves can provide the agriculturalists, engineers, the technicians and the tradesmen who can develop the natural resources of your country.''Ashanti Pioneer, 8 February 1949 In summary the college was expected to produce scientists and technocrats who could play vital roles in the economy of the Gold Coast. At the same opening ceremony, Prempeh II outlined his expectation for Prempeh College: the hope that the ''students of the college would shine not only in the intellectual field but also in the moral firmament''. As of 2012, the headmaster was E. K. Yeboah, a member of CHASS.


Uniform

The school uniform includes a green shirt with the college crest. Students wear this to class on a daily basis. For ceremonial purposes students wear a green jacket with an embroidery of the college crest. The college blazer (suit) was in use from the beginning in 1949, was dropped in the 1980s, then revived in 2003. Students wear the college suit for ceremonial purposes, such as speech days and graduation ceremonies.


School magazine

The magazine of Prempeh College has long been called ''The Stool''. It is a 100-page document which gives annual reports of the school. With a patron, an editorial board and the SRC, they deliver to the student body the all-formidable magazine. What has always been featured, for example, are perceptions about the school outside, short messages from students of the college to other schools, interviews with alumni and many interesting features.


Achievements

Prempeh College was the first school to win the National Science and Maths Quiz in 1994 and 1996. The College also won the 2015 ,2017 and 2021 editions of the
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that makes them one of the most successful schools in the National Science and Maths Quiz competitions. Prempeh College has also won the Ghana National Debate championship competition a record two times in 1997 and in 2004. Prempeh College is the first Secondary institution in Ghana and Africa to win the world
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2016 or World Robotics competition, beating giants from China, Japan and other industrialised countries. They won the Toyota Innovation Award that year and are the only school from Africa to win it. Prempeh College Robotics Club has also won a number of other robotics awards over the years, some of their achievements include: 2016 Ashanti Regional Robotics Champions, Robofest Toyota Innovation Award Champions 2016, Robofest National Champions 2016, National Robotics 2015, National Robotics Champions 2014, Regional Robotics Champions 2013, winners of the Regional Robotics Competition 2012, Achievement in Best Programming at the Robotics Inspired Science Education Competition 2011, The 2016 National Robofest Qualifiers, Presec-Legon, Ghana Champions. The school represented Ghana at the World robotics olympiad in New Delhi India The school also represented Ghana at the World Robotics Online Competition where the school amassed a total of 22 trophies. A total of 3 teams were presented by the school with the teams 1st, 3rd and 5th spots in the competition. The school became the first ever to win the competition for a second consecutive time having won the prior competition in Michigan. However the 2020 edition was held online due to the impact of the Covid-19 on travelling.


Notable alumni

* Mohammed Abdul-Saaka, deputy minister in the second republic * Sam Adjei, physician * Samuel Yaw Adusei, former deputy 
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, former Minister for the Interior of Ghana. * Francis Amanfoh, diplomat *
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* Joseph Amoah, sprinter representing Ghana at the
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and national record holder in the men's
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Richard Twum Aninakwah Richard Twum Aninakwah is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 2004 to 2008. Biography Aninakwah was born on 28 January 1938. He had his secondary education at Prempeh College and was a contemporary o ...
, Justice of the
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(2004–2008) * Edmund Owusu Ansah, footballer * Yaw Appau, active Justice of the
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, and Minister for Economic Planning during the Acheampong regime. * Hon Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Ghanaian Politician, Former Minister of Education * Fritz Baffour, television producer and media consultant is the managing director of Tropical Visionstorm Limited * Baffour Adjei Bawuah, diplomat * Kofi Boahene, physician * Nana Osei Bonsu II, the traditional ruler of Ashanti Mampong * Yussif Chibsah, footballer * Dr.
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Former Mayor of Kumasi *
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, footballer *
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, former president of the Republic of
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, percussionist *
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See also

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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 *Accr ...
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List of senior high schools in the Ashanti Region See also * Education in Ghana * List of Senior High Schools in Ghana {{Ashanti topics, state=collapsed * Schools * Schools Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It ab ...


References


External links


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