Aburi Girls’ Senior High School also known as ABUGISS is a public all-girls senior high boarding school located at Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The brother school of Aburi Girls is Legon PRESEC.
Aburi Girls Senior High School was established as a secondary school for girls in 1946. However, its origin dates back to 1852 when it was established as a primary school for girls by the Bassel Mission in Aburi Town. A senior girls’ school was added in 1916 to the junior girls’ school.
It became a teacher-training school in 1946 run by Scottish Missionaries who also established the first kindergarten class in 1925. On the 31st of January 1946, a grammar secondary school for girls was introduced with seven carefully selected girls, side by side with the teacher training course.
When the Basel and Scottish Mission left, the Presbyterian Church took over the school’s management. The foundation stone for the construction of the new buildings for the secondary school was laid by Lady Arden Clarke, wife of the Governor of the Gold Coast on 8th November 1952.
It became an independent and complete secondary school which run from Form 1 to Form 5 in 1958. Mrs Joyce Asibey became the first Ghanaian Headmistress of Aburi Girls Secondary School on 31st August 1972 after acquiring what is now the Irene Anderson Compound from the Methodist Church.
In 1991 Aburi Girls welcomed its first batch of Senior Secondary School (SSS) students to the school, and it currently runs the three-year Senior High School programme after which students write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The school has had several outstanding headmistresses:
Miss Elsie Mckillican (1946-1953)
Miss Irene Anderson (1953-1971)
Mrs Joyce Lucy Asibey (1971-1988)
Mrs Grace Ansa-Otu (1988-2001)
Mrs Akosua Takyiwa Adu (May 2001- January 2002)
Mrs Sylvia Asempa (2002-2011)
Ms Rosemond Bampo (2011-2016)
Mrs. Alice PrempehFordjour (2016-date)
Aburi Girls’ Senior High School envisions that it would maintain the high standards of academic, moral, religious status of excellence which it is currently noted for and further improve on them to become the greatest Girls’ Senior High School in Ghana and Africa in terms of academic performance and good conduct.
To achieve the mission statement of the school, emphasis is placed on the delivery of high-quality rounded education in a conducive and congenial atmosphere where both staff and students are motivated to give their best. The enforcement of discipline with love and understanding is the hallmark. There is strong leadership, creation of a safe and orderly climate, monitoring of students’ progress, and above all involvement of all stakeholders in achieving the aim.
At Aburi Girls’ School, most of the girls live on campus because the majority are boarders, as do most of the faculty. When living and studying in the family-style culture this creates, girls develop strong bonds with their teachers, adult mentors, and classmates from around the world. They relate more closely to their learning. They build confidence and independence. They learn valuable interpersonal skills. They compete to better themselves. Plus, they gain the peer, faculty, and staff support they need while navigating their way to womanhood.
Houses
The school currently has eight houses, named as follows:
- Aberdeen House
- Irene Anderson House
- Sylvia Asempa House
- Barradale House
- Chapel House
- Edinburgh House
- Kilsyth House
- Royal Park House
Programmes offered
Below are the academic programmes offered in the school:
- Business
- Visual Arts
- Home Economics
- General Science
- General Arts
CONTACT
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