Prempeh College

Prempeh College
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Ghana
Coordinates6°42′13″N 1°38′50″W / 6.70361°N 1.64722°W / 6.70361; -1.64722
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TypeAll-boys' public boarding school
MottoAkan: Suban ne Nimdeε
(Character and Integrity)
Religious affiliation(s)
Established1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Board chairmanBenjamin Acolatse
HeadmasterRev Lewis Asare
GenderBoys
Age13 to 19
Enrolment4520
Houses11
Colour(s)Green and Gold   
SongArise and shine
NicknameAmanfoɔ
PublicationThe Stool
AlumniAmanfour
Websitewww.prempeh.com
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Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.[1] The school is named after the King of Ashanti (Asantehene), Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, who donated the land on which the school was built,[2] and was modeled on Eton College in England.[3]

The school topped matriculation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2004, with 441 students admitted,[4] and in 2012, with 296 students from the college admitted. The school has won the National Robotics Championships a record five times between 2013[5] and 2021. In 2016, Prempeh College won the Toyota Innovation Award at the International Robofest World Championships held in Michigan, USA.[6]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Report on financial and physical problems of development in the Gold Coast, Dudley Seers, Claud Richard Ross,Office of the Govt Statistician, 1952
  3. ^ Dunkley Gyimah, David (6 July 2007). "Amanfoo - Prempeh College". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Prempeh College Is Producing More Scientist ..." ghanaweb. 30 November 2001.
  5. ^ "Prempeh College wins 2020 Robofest World Championship". Graphic Online. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Prempeh College wins 2016 robotics world championship". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 30 October 2022.