Achimota School formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school was founded in 1924 by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey and the Rev. Alec Garden Fraser.
The school was formerly opened in 1927 by Sir Frederick Guggisberg, then Governor of the Britain Gold Coast colony. Achimota, modeled on the British public school system, was the first mixed-gender school to be established on the Gold Coast.
The school has educated many Ghanaian leaders, including Kwame Nkrumah, Edward Akufo-Addo, Jerry John Evans Atta Mills all of whom are former Heard of State of Ghana. Kofi Abrefa Busia, a former Ghanaian head of government and prime minister, taught and studied at Achimota.
Also including in its list of Afrcan heads of state are Zimbabwe’s second president Robert Mugabe and Sir Dawda Jawara, first head of state of The Gambia.
Location
Achimota School is located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Courses
Courses offered at Achimota Senior High School are:
GENERAL ARTS
- Literature in English
- French
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- Government
- Religious Studies
GENERAL SCIENCE
- Physcis
- Chemistry
- Elective Maths
- Biology
- .Business
- Accounting
- Business Management
- Economics
- Principle of Costing or Elective Maths
- French
Visual Arts
- General knowledge in Arts
- Textile
- Graphic Design
- Literature in English
- French
- Economics
- Basketry
- Leather Work
- Ceramics and Sculpture
AGRICULTURE
HOME ECONOMICS
- Management in Living
- Food and Nutrition
- General Knowledge in Arts
- Textile
- French
- Economics
CORE SUBJECTS
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Social Studies
- Integrated Science
Don’t forget that Achimota is one of the leading senior high schools in Ghana.
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