Salem School, Osu

Salem School, Osu
Location
Kukuhill, Osu

Greater Accra Region

Ghana
Information
Other name
  • Osu Presbyterian Boys’ Boarding School
  • Osu Salem
Former namesBasel Mission Middle School
TypeBoys' boarding middle school
Religious affiliation(s)Reformed Protestant
DenominationPresbyterian
Established27 November 1843; 180 years ago (1843-11-27)
Founder
School districtAccra Metropolis
OversightGhana Education Service
Grades7–9
Age range12–15 years
Number of studentsc. 300
Campus typeResidential suburban

The Salem School, Osu, or the Osu Presbyterian Boys’ Boarding School or simply, Osu Salem, formerly known as the Basel Mission Middle School, is an all boys’ residential middle or junior secondary school located in the suburb of Osu in Accra, Ghana.[1] The Salem School was the first middle school and the first boarding school to be established in Ghana.[1][2] The school was founded under the auspices of the Basel Mission in 1843 and supervised by three pioneering missionaries and schoolmasters, Jamaican, Alexander Worthy Clerk and Angolan-born Jamaican Catherine Mulgrave together with the German-trained Americo-Liberian George Peter Thompson.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Osu Salem". 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Wellington, H. Nii-Adziri (2017). Stones Tell Stories at Osu: Memories of a Host Community of the Danish Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Amerley Treb Books. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-894718-15-8.