The Only Coeducational School To Win NSMQ

A coeducational school is the school having male and female students being taught together in the same school or college rather than separately. In Ghana, these schools are called ‘mixed’ schools. Throughout the history of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition, only one coeducational school has won the title. Let’s take a look at the profile of such school.

The Only Coeducational School To Win NSMQ

Achimota School is the first and only Coeducational School to win the National Science and Maths Quiz competition. The school is regarded as one of the best co-educational school in Ghana.

The school offers a broad and balanced GES-based curriculum that meets the needs of all students, with facilities that enable the teaching and learning of General Science, General Arts, Agricultural Science, Visual Arts, and Home Economics.

The school is a category ‘A’ school, located in Achimota in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Since its founding in 1927, Achimota School has been the measure of education in Ghana.

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FOUNDERS

• Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg,
• Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey,
• The Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser

HOUSES

• Slessor House
• Livingstone House
• Fraser House
• Guggisberg House
• Stopford House
• Kingsley House

The Vision

To be the best school both locally and internationally by training the Head, the Hand and the Heart holistically.

Mission

To educate the total being of boys with girls not just in the academics but to make the best use of the minds and bodies, and have respect for all that is true and of lasting value in the Old African Culture, beliefs and ways of life.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Won The National Science & Math Quiz Competition Twice (1998 And 2004)
• Won CSIR 60th Anniversary Quiz In 2018
• Won The Earth Day Debate 2019
• In 2018, the school was crowned the third best School during the 2017 WASSCE in the Greater Accra region.

Other Achievements

• Akora Maud Benson Represented Ghana At The 2018 Chess Olympiad.
• Akora Caleb Smith, Was Adjudged
• The Best Candidate In General Arts During The 2019 WAEC Excellence Award.
• Akora Afua Manukure Ansah Received The Third Prize During The International Excellence Awards For The WASSCE For School Candidates, 2020.
• Akora Desiree Nhyira Hayfron Was Adjudged Ghana’s Best Orator 2020 For Winning Inter-School Public Speaking Competition
• Akora Nana Yaw Odeshie Agyeman-Srebore Of The 2016-Year Group Was Judged The Youngest Doctor In Ghana After Graduating Top Of His Class At The Age Of 21years.

Note: An alumnus/alumna of Achimota is known as an “Akora

NOTABLE ALUMNI

The school has educated many Ghanaian leaders, including;

• Kwame Nkrumah
• Edward Akufo-Addo
• Jerry John Rawlings
• John Evans Atta Mills
• Kofi Abrefa Busia, a former Ghanaian head of government and prime minister
• Robert Mugabe
• Sir Dawda Jawara, first head of state of The Gambia.

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PAST WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHS QUIZ