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Wesley Girls' Senior High School

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Established
  
1836

Phone
  
+233 24 312 7303

Number of students
  
1,200

Staff
  
68

Head of school
  
Mrs Betty Djokoto

Founded
  
1836

Color
  
Green and Yellow

Type
  
Public Secondary/High School

Affiliation
  
Wesleyan - Methodist Church

Telephone
  
+233 3321 32218+233 3321 33630

Houses
  
Bellamy ,Ellis ,Waldron, Wrigley, Wardbrew, Compton, Abban, Garnett Acheampong, Thompson Djokoto

Address
  
PO Box 61, Cape Coast, Ghana

Motto
  
Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong , Follow the King

Similar
  
Mfantsipim School, Adisadel College, Aggrey Memorial Senior Hi, Holy Child School, Ghana National College

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.

Contents

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.

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.

Achievements

  • Won the Sprite Ball Championship in 2008 and 2016
  • Notable Alumni

  • 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 Wesley Girls High School alumni 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
  • References

    Wesley Girls' Senior High School Wikipedia