Wesley Girls' Senior High School

Wesley Girls' High School
Wesley Girls' High School
Location
	Cape Coast, Ghana
Information
Type	Public Secondary/High School
Motto	Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong , Follow the King
Established	1836; 188 years ago
Head of school	Mrs Kay A. Oppong-Ankomah
Staff	68
Number of students	1350
Color(s)	Green and Yellow
Affiliation	Wesleyan - Methodist Church
Address	P. O. Box 61 ; Cape Coast, Ghana
Telephone	+233 3321 32218;
Houses	Bellamy ,Ellis ,Waldron, Wrigley, Wardbrew, Compton, Abban, Garnett Acheampong, Thompson Djokoto
Website	wesleygirls.edu.gh

Wesley Girls' High School, Ghana, is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast, founded in 1836, and named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

History

The school was established in 1836 with 25 girls by the wife of a Methodist minister. It started as a primary school with the aim of offering girls training in reading and writing, sewing and house-keeping and spiritual development.

Wesley Girls' High School was ranked 68th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility.^[1]

Vision

To provide a holistic and quality education in partnership with stakeholders to produce God-Fearing, well-balanced, disciplined and self-confident individuals capable of taking the challenges of a fast-changing world in their stride whilst making the most of every opportunity for self-development and service to humankind, and to also produce independent, hard-working girls.

Achievements

Won the Sprite Ball Championship in 2008 and 2016^[2]

Notable alumni

Ama Ata Aidoo, award-winning author, academic, former Minister of Education
Sylvia Boye, former Chief Executive and first female Registrar of West Africa Examinations Council
Florence Dolphyne, first female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
Mary Chinery-Hesse, former Judge and first female director of International Labor Organization, United Nations
Melody Millicent Danquah, first female pilot in Africa
Mary Grant, Ghana's first female council of state member and also the first alumna to be a medical doctor
Peace Ayisi Otchere, first female director of the African Development Bank
Gladys Asmah, former Minister of Fisheries
Alima Mahama, lawyer and former Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana
Georgina Theodora Wood, former police prosecution officer first female Chief Justice of Ghana
Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari, first female to be Secretary to the Cabinet
Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, a Ghanaian diplomat
Lucy Quist, first Ghanaian woman to become the CEO of a multinational telecommunications company in Ghana

References

^ "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Frank Darkwah (30 December 2016). "Wesley Girls, Opoku Ware wins Sprite Ball Championship". Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

External links

[top20highschools-1] "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Frank Darkwah (30 December 2016). "Wesley Girls, Opoku Ware wins Sprite Ball Championship". Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

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