Meet Ghana’s First Headmistress, Dr. Joyce Asibey
Here is the profile of Ghana’s first headmistress, Dr. Joyce Asibey who was the then headmistress of Aburi Girls. Continue reading to find out more.
Profile Of Ghana’s First Headmistress
Born in 1931, Dr. Joyce Asibey was educated at Achimota School. She was the first recipient of the “Lady Burns Scholarship” which was instituted by the wife of Sir Allan Burns, Lady Burns the then British Governor of the Gold Coast to be awarded to the female candidate who crowned the list for the girls in the Secondary School Selection Examination (subsequently known as the Common Entrance Examination).
In 1950 she was part of the first ever batch of 27 students who sat for the first ever Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination in West Africa. She went on to the University where she read for the B.A. (Hons) Geography degree (1956) and Diploma in Education (1957) at Reading University in the United Kingdom. She undertook post-graduate programme in Geography at the University of Indiana in the U.S.A.
After finishing her academic studies at Reading, she came back to Ghana and joined the staff at Aburi Girls Secondary School where she taught Geography.
By 1971, that is within just 14 years, she had become the Headmistress of Aburi Girls, were the first African to head the school. She retired in 1988 and her term as Headmistress is associated with an expansion in student intake associated with an awesome improvement in quality academics.
Mrs. Asibey is so held in awe by the Aburi Girls Family that on the event of the Golden Jubilee of the school in 1996 a plaque which was revealed by the Head of State was raised in her honour. It is no surprise that the Aburi Old Girls Association named the school’s Assembly Hall and Library, (“JOYCE ASIBEY HALL”).
The University of Ghana on the occasion of its own Golden Jubilee in 1999, also awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law to Mrs. Asibey for her donation to Secondary Education in Ghana, particularly to the education of girls. Similarly she was honoured by the State in 2006.
Dr. Asibey was also an Examiner/Chief Examiner of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC, 1960-88), Secretary of the Ghana Geographical Association (1965-70), Member of the Executive Board and Full Council Member of WAEC (1985-88) and President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior Secondary Schools (CHASS, 1985-88). She was also a Member of the Councils of the University of Ghana (1986-88) and of the University of Cape Coast (1988-90).
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Dr. Asibey placed her outstanding expertise at the disposal of the American Peace Corps/Ghana from 1988 to 1991, after leaving office first as an Education Sector Specialist and then as Associate Director (Education).
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