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17-542: He runs Great Idikoko Ventures and is married to fellow actress Linda Quashiga. He attended Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School . Matters of the Heart (1993), Triple Echo (1997), and Dark Sand (1999) are well-known works by Augustine Abbey. Augustine Abbey has won the following awards. This article about a Ghanaian actor is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Presbyterian Boys%27 Secondary School Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School ( PRESEC )

34-545: A Presbyterian senior high boarding school for girls located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana . The brother school of Aburi Girls is Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School , known as "PRESEC". Aburi Girls Senior High School was formally established as a secondary school for girls in 1946 with only seven students. However, its origin dates as far back as 1852, when the Basel Missionaries opened

51-516: A primary school and then a government survey school before becoming the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School. One of the traditions of the school is the " ɔdadeɛ" ( baobab tree) located on the campus. An alumnus of the school is referred to as " Ɔdadeɛ" . The baobab tree is a Ghanaian symbol of knowledge, resourcefulness and strength. New students were traditionally initiated at the feet of this tree clad in bedsheets and powdered faces. PRESEC

68-508: A school at primary level for girls at their mission station inside the town. The primary school continued until its takeover by the Scottish Mission during the World War I . In the 1920s the training of teachers was begun alongside a kindergarten section and a middle school, also for girls, and in 1946, secondary classes were introduced side by side with the teacher-training course. In 1950

85-683: Is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon , Accra , Ghana . It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast . The Basel missionary - theologian , Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862–1961), who served as the first Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1918 to 1932, used his tenure to advocate for the establishment of

102-466: Is also to support educational activities of the school and the mentorship programmes of the alumni. The first manager of the radio station is John Addo-Fening of the 1981 alumnus who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Rite 90.1 FM radio station. Aburi Girls%27 Secondary School Aburi Girls' Senior High School , formerly Aburi Girls' Secondary School , also known as ABUGISS , is

119-526: Is known as PRE-GISS. In December 2021, the 1981 year group of the alumni of the school launched an internet radio station called Odadeɛ Radio to serve both the school and its alumni and others worldwide. It is claimed that this is the first Senior High School in Ghana to have its own radio station. The station was established to generate increased interest by the students in media studies fields such as journalism, news reporting, photography and media management. It

136-529: The 3-year Senior High School system is run. In 1972, the Methodist Training College located on the southern side of the school was closing down so Joyce Asibey, the first Ghanaian Headmistress initiated negotiations with the Methodist Church to acquire the college premises for the school. The compound had a dining hall, dormitory and classrooms and so it was used to house form one students. This

153-585: The Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) took over the Management of the school when its partner missions the Basel Mission and the Scottish Mission left. The secondary school was physically separated from the teacher training classes and moved to its present site on its present site on the outskirts of Aburi in 1954. Classes ran from Form 1 to Form 5 until 1958, when a Sixth Form was added. Presently

170-555: The completion of the National Science College buildings, Ako-Adjei House and Owusu-Parry House were added (the latter named after the first Senior Prefect). Another house, House 9, admitted its first residents in September 2010 as well as a new house, House 10. Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School , PRESEC has an ongoing alliance with their fellow Presbyterian Girls' school, Aburi Girls' Secondary School , ABUGISS. The alliance

187-545: The first ever Global Robotics Competition. The school currently has eight houses, named as follows: Below are academic programmes offered in the school: 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

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204-598: The secondary school. The school has ties with its sister schools, Aburi Girls' Senior High School and Krobo Girls Senior High School . The school's crest has a shield with the Presbyterian symbol (the St Andrew Cross- Scottish flag with the Swiss flag embedded and a burning torch in the middle) with the motto of the school, "In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen", meaning "In Thy Light We Shall See Light", scrolled beneath

221-462: The shield. The school was originally located in Odumase - Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana before moving to its current location in Legon , in 1968. The school anthem is "Happy Are We", written by J. L. Anang and transcribed by Stephen Appiah Danquah. The school is an eight-time Ghana National Science and Maths Quiz winner. The alumnus of the school are refereed to as " Ɔdadeɛ". The school

238-443: The sixth form in small numbers from September 1975. They continued to be part of the student body until June 1996 when the last batch left. The Legon campus started with four student boarding houses. Three were named after notable Presbyterian leaders as Kwansa House, Clerk House and Engmann House. The fourth was named Akro House after the people of Krobo Odumase . The next two houses to be built were Riis House and Labone House. With

255-586: Was done to reduce the incidence of bullying. Due to the increase in numbers in the 1990s, this arrangement was stopped and the old “Metico” building is now bonafide house known as Irene Anderson House just as the entire compound. The school is located on the easternmost part of the ridge forming the Akuapem Mountains , about a mile to the south of Aburi. A total of 12 students from the Aburi Girls Senior High School will be representing Ghana at

272-478: Was located here until 1968 when it was moved to its current location at Legon, Mile 9. In September 1968, the new campus at Legon just north east of the University of Ghana campus at Mile 9, received its first set of students. At the new campus, it continued as a boys' boarding secondary school until the mid-1970s when the sixth form was upgraded to the National Science College. Female students were admitted into

289-423: Was started in Odumase after an educationist of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, E. A. W. Engmann, continued to lobby and push for the establishment of a church boys' school, after N. T. Clerk had retired from his church position. This effort came to fruition in 1938 with the first group of 16 boys and four teachers . Engmann was the first headmaster. The Odumase campus housed German missionaries, then

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