Achimota School

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Achimota School is a prestigious co-educational secondary school in Accra, Ghana, renowned for educating many of the country’s most prominent leaders and professionals.

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Achimota School canonical 2

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instanceOf boarding school
co-educational school
public school
secondary school
alsoKnownAs Achi
Motown
campusType suburban
country Ghana
educationSystem Ghanaian senior high school system
followsCurriculum West African Senior School Certificate Examination curriculum
formerlyKnownAs Prince of Wales College and School
foundedOn 1924-01-28
founder Dr. Alexander Garden Fraser
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
genderAdmission co-educational
governedBy Ghana Education Service
hasAlumni Akua Kuenyehia
Ama Ata Aidoo
Amon Nikoi
Edward Akufo-Addo
Efua Sutherland
J. H. Mensah
Jerry John Rawlings
John Evans Atta Mills
Joyce Aryee
K. A. Busia
K. B. Amissah-Arthur
K. B. Asante
Ken Ofori-Atta
K. A. Busia
surface form: Kofi Abrefa Busia

Kofi Annan
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwesi Botchwey
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings
Patrick Awuah Jr.
Sam Jonah
Theodosia Okoh
Tsatsu Tsikata
Victor Owusu
Yaw Osafo-Maafo
hasBand Achimota School Choir
surface form: Achimota School Band
hasBoardingHouses true
hasChoir Achimota School Choir
hasEmblem black and white piano keys
hasFacility chapel
dining hall
library
science laboratories
sports fields
hasHeadmistress current head may change over time
hasOldStudentsAssociation Old Achimotan Association
hasSchoolColors black and white
hasSports athletics
basketball
football
golf
hockey
tennis
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Accra
Greater Accra Region
locatedNear Achimota Forest
Achimota Golf Course
locatedOn Achimota Road
motto Ut Omnes Unum Sint
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation That all may be one
notableFor educating many Ghanaian leaders
producing professionals in various fields
offersProgram business
general arts
science
senior high school education
technical programs
visual arts
openedOn 1927-01-28
religiousAffiliation non-denominational Christian tradition
schoolType senior high school
symbolizes harmonious racial integration

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Kwame Nkrumah educatedAt Achimota School
Jerry John Rawlings educatedAt Achimota School