The motto of the school is Ut Omnes Unum Sint meaning "That all may be one", a reference to the founders' expressed philosophy that starting in the context of school life, black and white, male and female, everyone should integrate and combine synergistically for the good of all. Having girls learning side-by-side with boys in a 1920s boarding school was an idea somewhat unusual for its time, but the founders had strong reformist tendencies and were determined to create a school that would be a model for West Africa—a school that would educate Ghanaian boys and girls to be at ease in both traditional culture and western settings. They envisioned a class of intellectually bicultural leaders whose training would enable them to act as interpreters and brokers for European and African ideas, able to take over their country’s government when the time inevitably came for the British to leave. Ahead of its time, the idea was simultaneously idealist and radical. This vision of synthesis was graphically represented by the stylized piano-key design of the Achimota School crest. Said Aggrey at the time: "You can play a tune of sorts on the black keys only; and you can play a tune of sorts on the white keys only; but for perfect harmony, you must use both the black and the white keys."[1]
Historical background
File:Founderpict.gifFoundersRev. Alec. G. Fraser, Founder & First Principal (1924-1935)File:Guggisberg.jpgSir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Founder & Governor of the Gold Coast (1919-1927)
After the First World War, the Government of the Gold Coast felt the need for an advanced education. As Guggisberg put it, "In spite of the existence of one or two educational institutions of a secondary nature, the intellectual gap between the African who had completed his education at an English University and the semi-educated African of our primary school is dangerously wide. No one is more ready than I to sympathize with the legitimate aspirations of the African for advancement and for a greater share in the Government of this country, but if we are to help him to do this, if we are to protect the masses from the hasty and ill-conceived schemes of possible local demagogues, we must hasten as rapidly as our means will allow to fill up the gap between the two classes." [2]
Achimota College was therefore established as part of Guggisberg's plan to reform the Gold Coast educational system. In August 1920, Guggisberg met and befriended native-born Dr. James Aggrey who was in the Gold Coast as a member of the Phelps Stokes Fund's African Education Commission. In 1922, as a result of the Phelps-Stokes Commission's 1920 report on education, Guggisberg appointed a committee to review its recommendations for Gold Coast education reform. That ommittee recommended the establishment of a comprehensive institution at Achimota to provide general secondary education, teacher training and technical education for male students. Achimota College was then conceived, thanks to the effort and support of Chiefs such as Nene Sir Emmanuel Mate Kole, Konor of Manya Krobo; Nana Sir Ofori Atta, Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa and Nana Amonoo V, Omanhene of Anomabo, as well as prominent statesmen of the time such as the Hon. Dr. Benjamin W. Quartey Quaye Papafio, the Hon. F. V. Nanka-Bruce, both of Accra; the Hon. Thomas Hutton-Mills, Sr. of Accra, the Hon. E. J. P. Brown of Cape Coast, and the Hon. J. E. Casely-Hayford of Sekondi.
The Colonial government meant to carry out its policy to establish an excellent secondary institution where teachers as well as students would be trained. The Legislative Council went on to approve the 1923-24 budget for the establishment of the Prince of Wales College and School, and in March 1924, Guggisberg laid the foundation stone. Rev. Alexander G. Fraser was the first Principal (1924-1935), and Dr. James Aggrey was the first Vice-Principal (1924-1927). Fraser had previously been Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, an elite school in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and was hailed as the greatest colonial headmaster of his day by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Aggrey campaigned vigorously for women's education at a time when the idea was not popular, and held the belief that to educate a man was to educate an individual, while educating a woman had more far-reaching benefits to family and community. This led to an increase in the number of places offered to girls by the College.
From 1924 until it opened on January 28, 1927, Guggisberg, Fraser and Aggrey worked together to realise Guggisberg's dream of establishing a first-class co-educational school and college. The University College of the Gold Coast,[3] which is now known as the University of Ghana,[4] had its roots in Achimota College. The University of Ghana holds its annual Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lecture series to honour the founders' contributions to education in Ghana. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) also had its roots in Achimota College's Engineering School.[5]
More on Achimota School
Achimota, originally known as the Prince of Wales College and School, was formally opened on January 28, 1927 by the then Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg. The guest of honor at the opening ceremony was Edward VIII, the then Prince of Wales, after whom the school was named. As one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind, known for its high academic standards and culture, it trained Pan-Africanist leaders during Sub-Saharan Africa's struggle for independence from colonial powers. From its student body and teaching college emerged many notable African personalities, including several heads of state, politicians, academicians, scientists, doctors, lawyers, engineers, educators, architects, diplomats, computer scientists, agriculturists, accountants, artists, business leaders and industrialists. In a 2004 tribute to Akora Adrian Sherwood, a longtime English master at Achimota, the Ghana High Commission in London praised Achimota, quoting the words of the school's founding doctrine, for enabling its graduates "to know the life that is life indeed and go forth from it as living waters to a thirsty land."[6]
Music has always played a very important part in the life of the school. Achimota’s achievements in attaining a high standard in this field led to the establishment of the Ghanaian National Symphony Orchestra and the department of music and performing art education at the University of Education, Winneba. From its inception Achimota placed special emphasis on the value of the use of one's hands in agriculture, technical and vocational. Achimota has concerned itself to set a standard of excellence in whatever field of education that meets the national needs.[7]
Th legacy of Achimota School is not entirely spotless, as some of the heads of state she has produced have had dictatorial tendencies, notably Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and to a lesser extent, Ghana's founding president Kwame Nkrumah and, later, Jerry Rawlings.
Achimota's founding ideals
Achimota Stands For:
The best use of the minds and bodies which God has given us
An equal opportunity for girls and boys in education
Respect for all that is true and of lasting value in the old African culture, beliefs and ways of life
Willing, humble service of the educated for the uneducated
Mutual understanding and cooperation between Christians of all denominations and the growth of that spirit in which the churches shall one day be united again
Friendship, respect and cooperation between all races on equal terms
The belief, on which all else rest, in Jesus Christ as the revelation for all time and all peoples of the love of God, and as the guide and pattern of our lives.[8]
"Though set upon a desert hill, may living waters rise in thee. And from thy children wider flow, the rivers of eternity" —quote from school hymn
Achimota School occupies over two square miles (525 hectares) of prime real estate in the middle of the Achimota forest reserve in the Accra Metropolitan Area. The school's colonial architecture and planned landscape make it visually pleasing to tour the campus and its wooded countryside-like surroundings. The campus facilities comprise a library, a cadet square, two chapels, one of which is the famous Aggrey Memorial Chapel; three dining halls, two gymnasia, the Achimota School Post Office, extensive sports playing fields, a swimming pool,[9] a cricket oval, basketball court, tennis and squash courts, and an arboretum. There are several bungalows on campus for teaching staff members.
A description of Achimota School at its inception is provided below:
"Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning, design and equipment it bears comparison with any educational institution anywhere. Its erection in 1925 cost £660,000 and its maintenance costs are £50,000 annually. It possesses a swimming pool, extensive playing fields, a nature reserve, a demonstration farm and a model village for the college employees. It also has its own hospital, museum, library and printing press. The students live in residential blocks spaced round the grounds, each holding 60 students and divided into 4 dormitories."[10]
Close to the school's central campus are the Achimota Golf Course,[11] the Achimota School Police Station, a staff village for the school's non-teaching employees, a forest reserve, a large farm, and the 45-bed Achimota Hospital, as well as the community surrounding the campus.
The learning environment
Resuming in 2002, lessons in aspects of Ghanaian culture such as drumming, dancing, and woodcarving were revamped in an effort to incorporate more of the national culture into the curriculum. Apart from the academic and intellectual development of its students, the school emphasizes practical skills and character training. The school runs on a three-term academic calendar from mid-September to late June.
There are two departments, two designated Schools, and a Home Science Unit responsible for the teaching of the subjects offered.[12] The science and mathematics department teaches courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture and computer science, while the arts department teaches English language and literature, French, government, history, economics, geography, Christian dogma and social studies. The music school teaches music, trains the Aggrey Chapel Choir and organises music festivals; the art school teaches visual arts; and the home science department teaches home economics, catering, nutrition, life management, housekeeping, bookkeeping and clothing design.
In their first two years, students must take physical education and "religious and moral education" every term, taught by the sports and chaplaincy departments, respectively. Each student takes seven or eight subjects (depending on the programme) during each term of their three years of secondary school; in addition to three or four elective subjects taken by every student in one programme of study, each student must take the four core subjects in mathematics, English language, science and social studies.
Current total student enrollment at Achimota School is approximately 1,500. The school is a co-educational boarding school, typical of many second-cycle institutions in Ghana. Its current and 15th principal is Akora Mrs. Beatrice Adom, Class of '75.
School Prefects
The current senior school prefects are Kwadwo and Mawuse. Master Carl Nunoo and his prefectorial team handed over to the current senior prefects and they were described by Akora Mrs. Beatrice Adom as the best senior prefects so far since she became the headmistress of the school.
Boarding houses
There are 15 single-sex houses of residence, all located on either the Eastern compound (E) or Western compound (W). Each house has two housemasters, a house prefect, and monitors who administer the house. There are also senior housemasters and housemistresses for the Eastern and Western compounds who serve as the overall residence coordinators. There is currently a project going on for a Female's house on the Eastern compound, totalling 16 houses in the near future.
Female houses
McCarthy (E) (scarlet) is named after Sir Charles McCarthy, a former governor of various British territories in West Africa. This house has undergone three metamorphoses. It was originally an engineering school that was converted to a male residence hall until the late 1990s when it was converted to a female hall of residence.
Kingsley (E) (yellow), named after the English explorer Mary Kingsley
Clark (E) (blue), named after missionary Mary Clark.
Slessor (E) (dark crimson), named after the Scottish missionary Mary Slessor.
S.O.A. (W) (green), named after Susanna Ofori-Atta, the first female Ghanaian doctor, sister of the first boys school prefect, William Ofori Atta, and daughter of Nana Sir Ofori-Atta, former Okyenhene or Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa State.
Annie Baeta Jiagge (W) (red and white), named after the first female justice of the Appeal Court of Ghana.[13]
O.A.A. (W) (mauve), "Old Achimotan Association" house, which was recently created out of the former Robert Stopford house.
Male houses
Aggrey (E) (red), named after one of the founding fathers, Dr. James Aggrey.
Livingstone (E) (yellow), after the famous explorer David Livingstone.
Gyamfi (E) (green), named after a former student, Gyamfi, a member of the Asante royal family who passed away during his student days.
Cadbury (E) (dark crimson), named after the chocolate companies Cadbury and Fry; cocoa is, of course, a major Ghanaian export.
Guggisberg (E) (navy blue), named after the then governor of the Gold Coast and co-founding father, Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
Fraser (W) (green and white), named after the first principal, Rev. Alexander Gordon Fraser.
PAAK (W), named after Prof. Alexander Adu Kwapong
Capital campaign and ongoing needs
A capital campaign was conducted over a three-year period ending in 2011 and raised raised about $164,000 to help restore and improve the school campus. Friends, alumni and corporations from ten countries supported the cause of improving the institution's self-sufficiency.[14] The Old Achimotan Association maintains a large list of projects and desired enhancements to the school's campus including basic repairs to water and sewerage systems.[15]
When new form-one (freshmen) students, also known as "Ninoes", arrive in September, house prefects lead them to their first supper in the dining hall amid cheers, jeers and catcalls from some of the continuing students (juniors and seniors). Throughout the first week, form-one students have several orientation sessions to learn school traditions, school hymn and songs, and the general history of the institution. After the first week, the freshmen can sing the school hymn, "Grey City of the Outlaws Hills", school song, "From Gambaga to Accra" as well as other songs such as "Achimota Mother Ours."
Ninoes' Night
This event is held on the first Saturday night of the first term, during which the new students of each boarding house come out with various performances of theatre, music and talent. From the day when new students arrive, they are tutored by their seniors in preparation for their first competitive event for the house. They are also made to practice regularly in an effort to win their first honours for their house. A panel of judges announces the winning house after the show.
This annual October walk is organised by the Old Achimotan Association (O.A.A) to raise funds for school projects. The highest fund raising house receives a prize afterward. In the afternoon, the school’s Students’ Representative Council (S.R.C) organises a fun fair and talent show known as Mo’fiesta (an abbreviation for Motown Fiesta). Other secondary schools are usually invited.
Speech and Prize-Giving Day
An annual ceremony held in mid-November by the school administration in conjunction with the year group celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary or silver jubilee of leaving Achimota School. The Guest-Speaker for the occasion is always from the celebrating year group of that year. The function is always attended by high profile members of society including government leaders, traditional rulers and diplomats. High-achieving students in academics, sports and leadership are presented with endowed awards, books and cash prizes, plaques and certificates.
This festival is held yearly on a warm breezy mid-December night just before the Christmas holidays. The traditional Christmas verses from the scriptures are read out by school administrators, school prefects, alumni executives and other personalities. Music is provided by the renowned Aggrey Memorial Chapel Choir. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is fashioned on the original format from Kings College, Cambridge.
Torchlight Procession and Bonfire Night
This event is held on the eve of Founders' Day in March. Students and alumni light up their pitch-soaked torches at the forecourt of the Administration Block after which there is a procession (accompanied by a brass band) around the school oval. The procession ends at the premises of the Old Achimotan Association clubhouse. A huge bonfire is made with all the flaming torches and then the much-awaited barbecue starts.
Founders’ Day Weekend
70th Anniversary Founders' Day Cadet Parade, Cadet Square, 1997File:Achimota Cadet.jpg75th Anniversary Founders' Day Cadet Parade, Cadet Square, 2002
The first weekend of every March is very busy with the Founders’ Day celebrations to honour the selflessness of the three founding fathers: Aggrey, Fraser and Guggisberg. There is always a parade by the Achimota School Cadet Corps, first of its kind in Ghanaian second-cycle institutions. Over the years the Corps have produced cadets who have gone on, after completing their education, to join the Army, Air Force and Navy, serving their country with distinction. The Corps is supported by the Ghana Army, with the Recce (Reconnaissance) Regiment as its mother unit.[12] The school cadet was established in 1955 under the supervision of Ghana Armed Forces during the independence era.[16] The Headmistress/Principal inspects the guard of honour. The Ghana Armed Forces Military Band plays wonderful tunes as young cadet corps march.
There is always a standing ovation of appreciation during the march.
On Saturday afternoon, there is the actual Founders' Day ceremony where each ethnic or cultural group displays its rich heritage through a medley of traditional dances and music. There are the Girls’ and Boys’ Choruses that sing praise songs in appreciation of the Founders.
80th Anniversary Founders' Day Celebrations, 2007
The ceremony ends with the Achimota School Yell by students and alumni. Also, the year group celebrating its golden jubilee anniversary of leaving Achimota formally presents its grand development project for the school. Some projects in the past have included refurbishing the school’s tower clock known as the Big Ben (nicknamed after that of the great bell of the Palace of Westminster, London), expansion of cold rooms in the dining halls, Internet networking of buildings and water projects and restoration of the Art School. A Thanksgiving Service is held on the following Sunday at the Aggrey Memorial Chapel to round off the Founders' Day weekend's activities.
Inter-house Sports Competitions
Throughout the year, the 14 boarding houses engage in the healthy rivalry and friendship of many sports. During the first term, handball, volleyball, football (soccer), basketball, hockey and table tennis competitions are held. Each year a Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is selected and awarded a prize based on all round excellence in sport.
The names of prize winners over the decades, up to date, have been recorded permanently on a board displayed to public view inside the entrance to the School's Administration Block.[12]
The biggest event of the year is the Inter-house Athletics held in February. There are several track and field events, and it is the time when a student athlete can become a hero by breaking a school record. In the third term, the other big event, the Inter- house Eight-Aside Cricket Competition is held. Being the only school in Ghana with a cricket oval, the field attracts the National Cricket Team as well as members of the expatriate community from Commonwealth cricket-playing countries such as India, Pakistan and Jamaica.
S.R.C. Awards Night
Aggrey Memorial Chapel Choir, Leavers' Service 2005
This event is usually held in late April by the outgoing executive of the Student Representative Council to award seniors who have excelled in the areas of personality, leadership and participation in extracurricular activities on the basis of nominations by the entire student body. There is also a special award for Student's Favourite Teacher. As a formal event, there are musical performances and renditions in-between awards and the attire is also formal.
Leavers' Service and O.A.A. Induction
Undoubtedly the most emotional service of the year. This is a dedication farewell service held on a Sunday in early May just before the start of the senior school leaving certificate examination. The leavers or outgoing seniors are dedicated to God as they move into the outside world to start higher education. Perhaps, the highlight of the service is when "Achimota Mother Ours" is sung and the last stanza (see below) moves the graduating year group to tears. After the service, they are inducted into the alumni network of the Old Achimotan Association and officially become Akoras. This induction ceremony is done at the O.A.A. Clubhouse, and family and alumni are invited to share in the joyous occasion. The new year group then selects its executive members.
School Hymn and Songs
Achimota School Hymn
Achimota School Song
Achimota Mother Ours
Grey city of the outlaws' hill, Quick with the hope which makes sublime Still in Thy youth, thou dare'st to look Far unto centuries of time
Born but to rule through service given, The ages all belong to Thee, O may Thy life more humble grow Through Him whose service makes us free.
He who wept o'er Jerusalem, And yearned to turn the chastening rod, Long in His steadfast love to build In Thee a city for our God.
Then shall Thy sons and daughters, say As back to Thee they look with joy,
Praise God who gave us there to share, The freedom of his grand employ.
Well springs of wisdom are in Thee; With harvests rich Thy hillsides sing; Thou givest life, so mayest Thou be For aye a City of our King.
Though set upon a desert hill, May living waters rise in Thee; And from Thy children wider flow The rivers of eternity.
Composer: Rev. Alec. G. Fraser, MA, CBE (First Principal 1924-35)
From Gambaga to Accra, from Wiawso to Keta, We are brothers and our mother is our school. She will guide us all and each, so to learn that we may teach. So to subjugate ourselves that we may rule.
Chorus: Play the game, shout her name! Spread her fame afar. She's the head of all the host, She's the school of whom we boast. She's the glory of the coast, ACHIMOTA!
When our books are laid aside and we scatter far and wide. We remember with affection all we gained. How we learned to take our share in the life and labour there. Where the men of whom we are proudest of were trained.
Chorus: Play the game, shout her name! Spread her fame afar. She's the head of all the host, She's the school of whom we boast. She's the glory of the coast, ACHIMOTA!
Achimota mother ours, Day by day we learn thy powers. As the years roll on we'll show, The loyalty to thee we owe.
Chorus: All ye Ewes, Gas and Fantes, All Nzemas and Ashantis, Make our School resound with song, With a ringing farewell strong.
In the middle of the race, Looking back just spoils the pace; Busy we in games and school, Hobbies, gardening, days are full.
Chorus
Years ago we came to school, Knowing not of prefects' rule. Now we come to take our share, In the life and labour there.
Chorus
Achimota mother ours, Bless us in these parting hours. Now behind us college days, Now goodbye to college ways.
Chorus
Words provided by Akora Mrs. Adelaide Quaye (née Bulley) (Class of '41)[17]
Principals and Heads
File:Nana-Allan-Rudwick.jpgEnstoolment of then Headmaster, Alan P. Rudwick as Honorary Chief of Achimota School during Founders' Day celebrations in the early 1970s
Trinity College, Kandy, Ceylon now Sri Lanka (founded 1872): One of the founding fathers, Rev. Alexander G. Fraser (headmaster) was principal of Trinity College, Kandy from 1904-1924. He was the first principal of Achimota from 1924-1935. Also, Rev. Robert Stopford who headed Trinity College, Kandy from 1935–1941, was principal of Achimota from 1941-1945. The famous Aggrey Memorial Chapel, venue for morning assembly, weekly Sunday services and other important events, was modelled on the open-style architecture of Trinity College Chapel, Kandy. Aggrey Chapel ranks among one of the most popular places in Accra to hold weddings.[20]
King's College, Lagos, Nigeria (founded 1909): Achimota and King's College had Inter-College Athletic Competitions during the 1960s and early 1970s.[21] In 2008, Achimota School played host to King's College, Lagos in a four day exchange programme from Thursday, 29 May 2008 to Sunday, 1 June 2008. Activities lined up for the programme were hockey, cricket and football (soccer), with a dinner to round the competition off. The games were played at Achimota School's main playing fields. As King's College, Lagos celebrated its Centenary in 2009, Achimota School was invited for a second Achimota School - Kings College Games Conference as part of the anniversary celebrations.[22]
Academic Competitions: Achimota School has won the National Science and Math Quiz competition twice (1998 and 2004).Achimota School emerged second in the 2009 edition of the National Science and Math quiz.
Chaplaincy: Achimota School has four chaplains from the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. Apart from chaplaincy duties, the reverend ministers serve as guidance counsellors, provide spiritual/pastoral care, and are also in charge of teaching Moral and Religious Education (M.R.E) to students. In recognition of the diversity of students' backgrounds, a Muslim service is also organized weekly to cater to the religious needs of the school's Muslim population.
Clubs and Organisations: There is a variety of clubs and societies on campus including several singing groups, Interact Club, Ghana United Nations Student Association (GUNSA), Scripture Union (SU), Leadership International (LI), Current Affairs Club, Literary and Debaters' Society, Science Club, Scholarship and Talent Club and a host of others.
Mascot: The School's mascot is a mythical creature called "Kuzunik" and is represented by a gargoyle-like wooden sculpture that was carved by Kofi Antobam, while he was teaching there. In prior years, there was a tradition known as "Kuzunik's Night". The present location of the Kuzunik is atop a shelf by the east wall of the school library. [21]File:The Motowner.jpg"The Motowner", March, 2002 edition
Publications: Achimota School has two student magazines, "The Achimotan" and the more recent one "The Motowner" both published periodically. Two newsletters also exist on campus: The Blueprint (Originally a publication of Guggisberg House)and The Motown Express.[17]
P.T.A: Achimota School has a Parent-Teacher Association (P.T.A) that was formed during the era of Mr. A. P. Rudwick, Headmaster (1965–1977)[23] The body meets each term to discuss issues pertaining to students' welfare and school development.
Ranking: Achimota School ranks among one of Africa's Top 100 High Schools[24] according to a 2003 list compiled by Africa Almanac.
Politics: During the 1st Parliament of the 2nd Republic of Ghana, 126 out of the 140 parliamentarians (representing 90%) were Alumni (Akoras) of Achimota School. Akoras are still actively involved in Ghana's political system serving in all branches of government—the Executive branch, Legislative branch (Parliament), and Judiciary.
Prefectorial System: Students who display high academic credentials and leadership skills are selected to be "prefects" or leaders. Apart from the School Prefects, there are prefects in charge of the Assembly Hall, Dining Hall, Chapel, Compound, Classrooms, Residential Houses, and dormitories etc. In the eastern and western dining halls, these prefects sit and eat at the "high table", from whence a prefect on duty also delivers announcements after meals.
Triangular Games: In the 1960s and 1970s, Achimota was a member of this three-school athletic conference which included Mfantsipim (established 1876) and Wesley Girls High School (established 1836) both of Cape Coast, Ghana.
Worship: Achimota School has its own hymn book, the Achimota School Hymnal (ASH) used at school church services and functions. [25]
Old Achimotan Association
The Old Achimotan Association is the umbrella alumni organization for past students of Achimota School, Ghana. The OAA authorizes the formation of regional, branch and year groups to carry out its objectives. Members of the OAA are known as "Akoras".
History: The OAA was started in 1929 by the first Principal of the then Prince of Wales College, Rev. Alec G. Fraser, whose son Sandy Fraser, then a member of Achimota School’s staff, was the first organizing secretary. Sandy spent his vacations touring towns and villages where Old Achimotans were working in order to explain the aims and objectives of the OAA. The OAA’s first Annual General Meeting was held at the school on December 23, 1930, and then once a year thereafter. The participants spent three or four days on the school’s campus.
Constitution: The OAA is governed by a constitution, whose principal objective is "the formation of a bond of union between Old Achimotans and the School to promote the maintenance of their interest in the School and their willingness to assist in its welfare, and to promote the ideals for which Achimota was founded".
National Executive Committee: The OAA's affairs and funds are managed by a National Executive Committee. The Committee consists of three officers of the Association, two ex-officio officers, the immediate past President of the Association and eight other members. The National Executive Committee is elected biennially at an Annual General Meeting. The OAA Alumni Office assists the National Executive Committee in its work.[26]
Notable Achimotans
Please see the List of Notable Achimotans for a detailed list of Old Achimotans (Akoras) and Renowned Former Teachers.
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