Achimota Senior High School

Gender - Mixed
Housing status - Day & Boarding
Year of Establishment - 1927

About Achimota Senior High School

Achimota School is located in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Currently, the academic curriculum is divided into three years as approved by the Ghana Education Service. The school crest explains the school’s motto-black and white keys of the piano put together: ‘Ut Omnes Unum Saint,’ meaning “that all may be one”, as was designed by Dr. Kwagyri Aggrey – His idea was that the black and white race can live together in harmony; also boys and girls can be educated together to bring about harmony.

VISION

To be the best school both locally and internationally by training the Head, the Hand and the Heart holistically.

MISSION

To educate the total being of boys and girls not just in academics but to make the best use of the minds and bodies, and have respect for all that is true and of lasting value in the old African culture, beliefs and ways of life.

COURSES OFFERED

• General Science
• Agric. Science
• General Arts
• Visual Arts,
• Home Economics

SCHOOL STATISTICS

• No. of Students (SHS 1): 1240
• No. of Students (SHS 2): 1761
• No. of Students (SHS 3): 1136

SCHOOL FACILITIES

• Administration Block
• Assembly Hall
• Basketball Court
• Boys’ Gymnasiums
• Cadet Square
• Canteen
• Chapel
• Science Labs
• Classroom Blocks
• Computer Labs
• Cricket Oval
• Dining Halls
• Dormitories
• Football field
• Girls’ Gymnasiums
• Hockey Pitch
• Language Centre
• Library
• School Clinic
• Staff Quarters
• Swimming Pool
• Tennis Court

ACHIEVEMENTS

• The school always has 100% pass in the WASSCE.
• The school is either a winner or a part of the finalists of the Science and Math Quiz.
• The school has won several medals in football, basketball, hockey, netball and handball, table tennis, cricket, basketball, scrabbles, football and hockey during Achimota School (Ghana), Kings College (Nigeria) and Queens College (Nigeria) Tripartite-Games.

Source:
Ghana Education Service (GES)
Ministry of Education, Ghana