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About Aburi Girls School

History

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 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 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 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. The school is located on the easternmost part of the ridge forming the Akuapem Mountains, about a mile to the south of Aburi.

Houses

The school currently has eight houses, named as follows:

Aberdeen House
Barradale House
Chapel House
Edinburgh House
Irene Anderson House
Kilsyth House
Royal Park House
Sylvia Asempa House

Programmes of study

Below are academic programmes offered in the school:

Business
General Arts
General Science
Home Economics
Visual Arts

About Aburi Girls Old Girls Association (AOGA)

AOGA-From Its Birth to Present

Aburi Girls Old Girls’ Association (AOGA) was started in 1955 by Mrs. Sarah Oppong neé Akuffo of the 1955 Year Group. At the onset they were just a handful, meeting in their various homes to socialize. The Association became dormant for a long time until 1987, when Mrs. Emily Harlley of the 1960 Year Group was chosen as President for one year only with Mrs. Sylvia Asempa as her secretary. Miss Mary Yirenkyi was the next President from 1988-2002.

By this time, AOGA meetings were held at the SSNIT Guest House. In 2002, Mrs. Setor Klaye of the 1967 Year Group took over the presidency until 2012. It was during her era that the joint Annual Thanksgiving Service for Old Girls and students was introduced. This was when Mrs. Sylvia Asempa was Headmistress of the school. Mrs. Setor Klaye handed over to Mrs. Cynthia Asare-Bediako of the 1980 year group. Under her dynamic leadership, AOGA began to grow in numbers and activities held. A major Constitution Review was commissioned during her time and launched for use by the next regime. Mrs. Asare-Bediako’s era came to an end in 2017 in accordance with the tenets of the Revised Constitution and for the first time, elections were held with Mrs. Kristine Lartey neé Williams of the 1981 Year Group becoming president of AOGA.

Her administration spanned the era of Covid-19 which saw the increase use of technology in completing jobs effectively by remote means. These innovative ways of working meant one could work from anywhere in the world and get the job done and that, the seeds of having an all-inclusive location- not-limiting global leadership was sown. Towards the end of her tenure, a constitutional amendment was passed which saw the restructuring of the National Executive Team from eight(8) elected members to thirteen (13) members and which will include members living in the diaspora!

AOGA WAS GOING GLOBAL! AOGA WENT GLOBAL!

AOGA Secretariat

The Global Aburi Girls Old Girls Association (AOGA Global) has chapters globally. Groups based on interests and affiliations are also cropping up and are helping to strengthen our Association. Find the chapter nearest you and see how you can get involved.

Aims and Objectives

The Aims and Objectives of AOGA Global are to:

Re-establish and strengthen ties between past students of the Aburi Girls School in the spirit of friendship and unity of purpose while promoting the interests of the School.
Provide opportunities for social and recreational interaction, and to support the welfare needs of Members.
Provide support and intellectual assistance in the promotion of academic and co-curricular excellence in the School.

In short. our mission is to work with all alumni to create an active alumni community where ideas are exchanged, relationships are deepened, and where giving and volunteering allow us to embrace each other and enhance Aburi Girls.

Constitution

PREAMBLE
WE the past students of ABURI GIRLS’ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (formerly known as Aburi Girls’ Secondary School), hereinafter referred to as “the SCHOOL”, to optimally conduct the affairs of our Association hereby enact and give to ourselves this Constitution as embodying the basic principles by which affairs of the Association shall be conducted.

We SEEK to foster friendship and unity among ourselves, to GIVE back to the SCHOOL in appreciation of what our Alma Mater has imbibed in us; In the spirit of our motto “Bepow so Hann – Nyame ne Hene”, we PLEDGE to shine perpetually as a light on a hill, and continue to PROMOTE self-development, and STRIVE always to attain heights of excellence.

Council of Elders

Rose Helen Ankrah (AOGA 1961)
Martha Clerk (AOGA 1978)
Felicia Twum Barima (AOGA 1980)
Gifty Dekyem (AOGA 1980)
Berniece Sarsah (AOGA 1982)

Committees

Mentorship Committee
Projects and Maintenance Committee
Speech Day Steering Committee
Fundraising Committee

Strengthening the connection between AOGA and Aburi Girls.

Aburi Girls Made Us, Aburi Girls Needs Us, and I am confident that each of us will rise to the occasion. In about two years, the School will be 80 years, and preparations should begin now for that to truly be a time of celebration of not only how far we have come, but how much AOGA has achieved in getting Aburi Girls there.

So, as we think of resolutions and plans for 2024, let us remember to include Aburi Girls, and let us all pledge to do “more” to ensure the growth, development, and advancement of the best senior high school in Ghana.

We need each other to reach this goal. Together, let’s “do more” for Aburi Girls and ensure a more promising future for the next generation of girls.
Let us “do more” and have a tangible hand in an Aburi Girls’ legacy!
Happy New Year

Dr. Koryoe Anim-Wright,

AOGA Global President