As you watch this 1944 Achimota school video, you will begin to appreciate how we have destroyed a very good education system we inherited from the British. Just like the slave trade, we continue to blame our colonial masters, but we as Ghanaians have failed to correct whatever we feel is wrong with our education.
The documentary captured the various sections of what constituted education in the 1944 era, when Ghana was still a colony of Britain.
The education system of those days never relied on mere big book learning, chewing, and pouring. Today we chase as mere knowledge which has failed to produce the needed manpower and skilled employable youth of today.
Today’s Achimota SHS can not boast of the enriched education that balanced book knowledge with creativity, craftsmanship, and other vocational training for all students. Instead, it has become a mere grammar school.
In this 1944 Achimota school video, shared by Ghana Facts and History on its YouTube Channel, you will be amazed by this amazing meaning given to education.
The description of the video as shared by Ghana Facts and History on its YouTube Channel read:
Achimota School (formerly Prince of Wales College and School, Achimota, now nicknamed Motown), is an elite and highly selective co-educational secondary school located at Achimota in Accra, Ghana. It was established and commenced operations in 1924 and formally opened in 1927 by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg — then governor of the Gold Coast. The school was founded by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey and Rev. Alexander (Alec) Garden Fraser.
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British colonial film highlight of Achimota School , Gold Coast 1944
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