Adisadel College

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Adisadel College is a prestigous Anglican school for boys in Cape Coast, Ghana, modelled on the English Public School.

History

Adisadel was established in 1910 in a storey building at Topp Yard, near Christ Church and Cape Coast Castle. It began with 29 boys; in 1935 it had about 200 boys; at the time of the Golden Jubilee in 1960, enrolment had gone up to 545; and now in 2007 there are over one thousand five hundred (1500) boys (all boarder). There are 93 teachers of whom 15 are female.

The school’s Founder was the Right Reverend Dr Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn of the Anglican Church. His purpose was to provide a grammar school for sons of Anglican parents, in particular a training ground for Church personnel.

The School is the second-oldest secondary school in Ghana, and one of the most famous institutions of learning in sub-Saharan Africa. [cite web | title =Adisadel Historical Sketch | publisher =adisadelonline | url =http://www.adisadelonline.com/history1.htm | accessdate =2008-02-19 ] . The first secondary school to be established in Ghana was Mfantsipim School, also in Cape Coast, which was founded by the Methodist Church in 1876. It currently boasts of 10 houses, the most recent being Thomas Jonah House, which was built in 1997.

Adisadel College was the first secondary school in the history of Ghana to have its prefects don special cloaks; red cloaks for the head prefects, blue for the other prefects and green for the assistants. [cite web | title =Adisadel Historical Sketch | publisher =adisadelonline | url =http://www.adisadelonline.com/history1.htm | accessdate =2008-02-19 ] . Today, "http://www.africaalmanac.com", ranks the school 10th in Africa (the only higher Ghanaian school is Accra Academy in 8th position). [cite web | title =Africa's Top 100 High Schools | publisher =Africa Almanac | url =http://www.africaalmanac.com/top20highschools.html | accessdate =2007-12-29 ]

Uniform

The uniform of the school is black and white shirt on black shorts. It is commonly referred to as "zebra" due to the fact that the black and white are striped together like that of the zebra.

Residence

The school has ten houses namely;
*Hamlyn
*Quaque
*Elliot
*Canterbury
*Knight
*Aglionby
*Ebiradze
*Jubilee
*Thomas Jonah
*Le Maire

Headmasters of Adisadel College

ports

[cite web | title =adisadel sports | publisher =adisadelonline | url =http://adisadelonline.com/theowl.htm | accessdate =2008-02-30 ] Adisadel College has been sports power since colonial days to the present. Adisadel encourages all of its students to participate in some kind of sporting activity. Most students engage in recreational or competitive sports to eschew the label "Waste Pipe"- a campus vernacular that is used to refer to an able-body who does not participate in sports. Conforming to the Latin adage - "A healthy mind in a healthy body", the school organizes competitive intramural sports. Early morning jogging by the entire residents of a dormitory is a common activity on campus. Cricket, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball, track and field, tennis and table tennis are some of the sports on campus.

Basketball

With victories over teams from Ghana Navy, University of Cape Coast, St. Johns School, the school dominated the sports in the seventies with players like Daniel Prempeh (Knight House), Angus Ola (Canterbury), Isaac Neizer (Canterbury), Laryea (Quaque) and Afful (Knight). The sport suffered when the Drury Gymnasium was temporarily converted into a dinning hall during the rebuilding of the current dinning hall. Currently the school is rebuilding a team which was quite successful in many friendlies they played.

occer

The only school in Ghana with three soccer fields, Adisadel has developed soccer to a highly competitive level. Most students participate in this sport than any other sport. In the early seventies, Adisadel students like Dr. Sam Amporful (1973) played for Cape Coast Vipers. En-route to becoming the Zonal Champions, Adisadel beat Ghana National College on penalty kicks.

Track and Field

Adisadel College's continued dominance in track and field can be traced to the late forties. The school continues to produce sprinters of national and internal caliber. Since H.O Nyarku of Adisadel represented Ghana (then Gold Coast) in 1952 Olympics Games in Helsinki, the school has produced several national sprinters like George Enchill (Sakinah), Yaw Atuahene (USA), and Kofi Osei (Sasta).

Rivalry

There is an ongoing rivalry between the school and Mfantsipim School. This has brought about Mfantsipim-Adisadel Fun Day Games.

Alliance

An ongoing alliance with Mfanstiman girls Secondary School, and St Monica's Girls Secondary School.

Publications

*The Owl is a monthly newsletter for students and alumni of Adisadel College that is brilliantly put together by Mr. Wilson Tagoe (Knight House - 1957) and Mr. Joe Opare (Jubilee - 1981).
*Reminiscences of Adisadel A short historical sketch of ADISADEL COLLEGE,By G. McLean Amissah.By G. McLean Amissah. [cite web | title =Owl on the web | publisher =adisadelonline | url =http://adisadelonline.com/theowl.htm | accessdate =2008-02-30 ]

Notable Alumni

In March 2005, when Adisadel College recounted her achievements and contributions to national development during the 96th Speech and Prize-Giving Day Celebration, it became amply evident that, of the three arms of government in Ghana, two of them were headed by Adisadel products-Santaclausians

*Judiciary-Chief Justice George Kingsley Acquah
*Legislature- Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes

The third arm, Executive, became part of Adisadel exploits when His Excellency, John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana graciously had the Honourary Santaclausian status conferred on him in his role as the Special Guest of Honour by the then Board Chairman, Mr. Hero Bhavnani.

In keeping with tradition, His Excellency, Alhaji Aliu Mahama was similarly decorated with the Honourary Santaclausian badge by the Board Chairman, Mr. Solomon Abam Quartey. The Vice-President accepted an invitation from the 1983 year group of Santaclausians who were the main sponsors of the 98th Speech and Prize-Giving day Celebration (twenty five years after leaving school) to be a member of their year group. [cite web | title =Owl on the web | publisher =adisadelonline | url =http://www.adisadelcollege.net/home.html | accessdate =2008-07-18 ]

*Sam E Jonah (KBE),Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital; previously President of AngloGold Ashanti
*Alan Kyeremanteng, NPP Presidential Candidate, Ghana.
*Dr. Ave K. Kludze, Jr., Senior NASA Engineer, NASA/Langley Research Center Systems Engineering Office.
*Kojo Frans,Chief Executive Officer and President of Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB), Sweden
*Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, Network Computer Systems
*Justice George Kingsley Acquah, was the twenty-third (23rd ) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. [cite web |url=http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/list%20of%20judicial%20officials/list%20of%20CJ.htm |title=List of Chief Justices |accessdate=2007-03-26 |work=Official Website |publisher=Judicial Service of Ghana]
*Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969
*Dr Adu Gyamfi, former president of Ghana Medical Association
*Professor A. S. Aryeetey, first provost of the College of Health sciences, University of Ghana, former dean of University of Ghana Medical School.
*Ernest Bediako, CEO of Ernest Chemists, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in Ghana
*Prince Kofi Amoabeng, CEO of UNIQUE TRUST, one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the country
*Ebenezer Sakyi Hughes, Speaker of Ghana's parliament
*Prof J. E. O. Pobee, Professor of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School
*Prof Baah-Nuako, Professor of Economics, University of Ghana

External links

* [http://www.adisadelcollege.net Adisadel College, Cape Coast, Ghana]
* [http://www.adisadelOnline.com Adisadel Old Boys Association]

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