A heartbreaking incident has struck Aburi Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region, as a first-year boarding student tragically passed away. The student, who had been experiencing severe stomach pains, sadly succumbed on Monday, February 5, 2024.
Reports from within the school suggest that the student had sought medical assistance but was allegedly denied attention by the school nurse. Shockingly, it’s claimed that the nurse accused her of feigning illness repeatedly. By the time efforts were made to rush her to the hospital, it was too late, and she had already passed away.
The deceased student’s body has been transferred to the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, where it awaits autopsy procedures. Her family, residing abroad, has been notified of the tragic incident and has since arrived in Ghana to deal with the situation.
In response to this tragic event, the police, in collaboration with the school management, have initiated a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the student’s untimely death.
ABOUT ABURI GIRLS SHS
Aburi Girls’ Senior High School is an all-girls senior high boarding school located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana
DATE FOUNDED
The school was founded in 1946.
COLOURS
The main colours of the school are yellow and Green.
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CATEGORY
A
HOUSES
- Aberdeen House
- Irene Anderson House
- Sylvia Asempa House
- Barradale House
- Chapel House
- Edinburgh House
- Kilsyth House
- Royal Park House
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES/COURSES
- Business
- Visual Arts
- Home Economics
- General Science
- General Arts
ACHIEVEMENTS
Between 2011 and 2015, the school cleared the top awards in two categories in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) winning Best in Mathematics and Science. Also in 2015, the school won the three top awards in the National Best School and Best Teacher Awards for the Senior High School Division for the Eastern Region.
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Notable Alumni
- Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Ghanaian academic, sociologist and professor of Gender studies and African studies at the University of Ghana
- Senyuiedzorm Awusi Adadevoh, photojournalist
- Vida Akoto-Bamfo, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009 – 2019)
- Gloria Akuffo.
- Sylvia Anie, chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[6] received an award from the Old Students Association of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School recognizing her contributions to scientific knowledge.
- Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, journalist, broadcaster and diplomat
- Ivy Barley, Ghanaian entrepreneur
- Veronica Bekoe, Ghanaian Biological scientist, inventor of Veronica Bucket
- Abena Brigidi, investment analyst author and speaker
- Esi Awuah, Ghanaian academic;foundation vice chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
- Matilda Baffour Awuah, Security expert, former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service
Christine Alexandra Clerk, physician and epidemiologist - Nuong Faalong, Ghanaian journalist, activist, and actress
- Elsie Effah Kaufmann, current Host of the National Science and Math Quiz and biomedical engineering scholar
- Lovelace Johnson, active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2019–)
- Ofie Kodjoe, American-Ghanaian singer, actress, radio presenter and motivational speaker
- Cynthia Lamptey, Deputy Special Prosecutor
- Deloris Frimpong Manso, entrepreneur, television and radio show host, producer, public speaker and Women’s Advocate
- Ernestina Naadu Mills, educator and former First Lady of Ghana
Ellen Serwaa Nee-Whang, retired Ghanaian diplomat - Abena Oduro, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Ghana
- Rose Constance Owusu, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008 – 2014)
- Akosua Adoma Perbi, Ghanaian author and history professor
- Cina Soul, singer-songwriter and recording artist
- Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, diplomat
- Theresa Amerley Tagoe, Ghanaian politician
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