Presbyterian Senior High School Osu

PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, OSU

1. VISION

To provide quality and effective education for students so as to equip them with the requisite knowledge and skills to be productive in all spheres of life especially the socio-economic growth and to be able to develop their community in particular and their nation at large.

2. MISSION
   1. It was to offer Presbyterian day secondary education to children whose parents could not afford the boarding fees of the sister school at Odumase-Krobo  which was later moved to Legon.
   2. It was intended to have a secondary school at Osu in compensation for the lack of a boarding school at Osu.
   3. It was seriously considered that the seat of the Basel Mission and Presbyterianism needed a higher institution.
3. SCHOOL CREST AND MOTTO

4. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL, OSU

The Presbyterian Secondary School, Osu was established in 1956 in one of the Old Basel Missionary Buildings at the foot of Kuku Hill of Osu. The building was used to house some teachers of the Junior School which used to fill the Senior School popularly called Salem by the public.

The church and some individual educationists teamed up to establish the school with Mr. Cleland Armah as the first Headmaster of the school. A little while after the establishment of the school, a diabolical plot was hatched by a man called Mr. Dan Oku, who was then the Assistant Headmaster of the school without the knowledge of the new Headmaster, Mr. P. K. Senaya.  Mr. Dan Oku built a temporary structure at a place, some 400 metres to the north of the Presbyterian Secondary School and did all in his power to entice all the students and the staff to his new school. A devoted student of the school called Nii Awuley Tettey and some of his classmates who were then in form five with the assistance of Rev. A. Quarcoo and some teachers sent by the Ministry of Education, managed to avert this situation..

The church appointed Mr. K. A. Agyarkwa as the new Headmaster but was later replaced by Rev. K. A. Ofosuhene in 1962. In course of these unfortunate vicissitudes at the school the Presbyterian Church decided to hand over the school to the government. In 1963, the school was absorbed into the public system and Mr. A. J. B. McCarthy who was the Assistant Headmaster at the O’Reilly Secondary School, was appointed Headmaster of the school. Mr. McCarthy headed the school from 1964 to 1977 when he left for the Foreign Service and his Assistant; Mr. D. K. Gboloo took over.

STATUS OF INSTITUTION: The school is a day school.

TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE SCHOOL:  021763055

FAX NUMBER:  021-773297

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

FORM DAYS

Second Tuesday of the beginning of every term is set aside for parents/Guardians to come to the school for collection of their children’s/wards’ reports and to interact with teachers to know how their children are faring in the school.

SPEECH DAY

The school has no specific date on which her speech days are held, however, they are held between July and November.

HOME-COMING: The last week in February each year.

ANNIVERSARY: The school held her 50^th anniversary on 28^th October, 2006.

5. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS
6. SSCE

The school has not done badly in both the SSCE and the WASSCE. Below are the details.

1. WASSCE

• SCHOOL FACILITIES

1. ACADEMIC
2. Classrooms

The school has two sites; the old site and the new site. The new site is made up of two blocks: the school block and the Science Laboratory. The school block consists of 15 classrooms and 1 computer Laboratory and the old site has 8 classrooms.

Laboratories: The Science block and Computer.

1. Library: It is an improvised one.
2. NON ACADEMIC

The school has a field on which the students go for their P.E. practical work and hold inter houses competitions.

7. ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

Programmes and subjects offered.

General Arts: French, Music, Twi, Ga and Literature-In-English, Economics, History, Government, Geography, Christian Religious Studies,

General Science:  Chemistry, Biology,  Physics, Elective Mathematics

Business: Typewriting, Business Management, Clerical and Office Duties, Economics, Accounting, Costing, French, Elective Mathematics.

Home Economics:

8. CO-CURRICULA ACTIVITIES

Drama Club

9. STAKEHOLDERS

Old Students Association (OPOSA)

The school has an Old Students Association which comes to the aid of the school from time. In 2010 the school was privileged to have the 1975 year group helping in the organization of the Speech and Prize Giving Day.

Parent-Teacher Association

The P.T.A. of the school was very vibrant especially from 2002-2006 when WO1 R.S.M. Awuni was the Chairman. The school benefited