Presbyterian Senior High School, Mampong

POST OFFICE BOX 53, MAMPONG AKUAPEM, TEL: 0872-22102
Email: mampresec@yahoo.com

1. VISION

The school envisages the production of pre-tertiary students of their academic potential, the place of such potentials in self fulfillment and national development and diligent work towards the realization of these goals through:

2. MISSION
The school is a faith based institution and is set to help develop students in a holistic manner.
It is the dream of management to make the school one of the best in the region in terms of academic performance by the year 2013.
3. SCHOOL CREST AND MOTTO
MOTTO: Nothing But the Best

4. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL:
The Presbyterian Senior High School located at Mampong Akuapem in the Eastern Region was established under the government Educational Reforms Programme (ERP) which phased out the Middle School system. With this new system, the Presby Middle Girls’ and Middle Boys’ schools merged to form the Presbyterian Junior High School in the late 80’s.
With the structures of the Girls’ school becoming vacant, Mr. Edward T. Bowser, an American used the place for a private Polytechnic by name Mampong Akuapem Polytechnic Institute (MAPI) which collapsed in 1990.
The Presbyterian Church at Mampong under the Senior Presbytership of Mrs. Rosina Oku Ampofo (of blessed memory) thought it wise to use the building to run a secondary school. Applications were tendered in for its approval in 1991 and its absorption into the public educational system in 1992.
The school though young has held three Speech and Prize Giving Days, the last of which was held in 2006 with Hon. K. Twumasi Ampofo, the then Deputy Minister of Education being the Guest of Honour.

5. ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS
A. ACADEMIC: The academic performance of the school has been improving over the year. The following data is a comparison for 2007/08 and 09 WASSCE results
Subjects Percentage passed
CORE 2007 2008 2009
English Language 54 88 88
Mathematics 39 31 80
Science 48 51 95
Social Studies 97 85 98
ELECTIVES Biology – – 100
Chemistry 5 64 83
Crops/Horticulture 75 75 94
Economics 78 39 54
Mathematics 3 11 62
General Agric 80 100 97
Gen Know. In Art 100 100 100
Geography 94 87 66
History 89 94 94
Physics 100 – 100
Picture Making 83 100 96
Textiles 93 97 96
B GAMES:
The school has been performing well in sports and games. During the Zonal Sports festival, the school emerged 1st in girls’ handball, 1st in boys’ table tennis, 3rd in boys; handball and 3rd in girls’ table tennis. In athletics, both boys and girls placed 4th in their respective divisions. During 2006, a student was represented the Eastern region in the javelin throw during the national competition and went further to represent Ghana in the Ecowas games held in Togo.
C. NATIONAL COMPETITIONS:
Though the school has never taken part in the National Science and Mathematics quiz, awards has been won in the field of the Visual arts. One of such piece is on display at the Tetteh Quashie Cocoa Museum at Mampong Akuapem after winning the 1st position in the 2008 World Cocoa Day Art Competition.

6. STATUS OF THE SCHOOL AND FACILITIES
The school runs a boarding and day facilities There are 15 classrooms, a stocked library, a computer lab and enough textbooks. The school offers the following programmes with its combinations as its curriculum.
a. General Arts: History, Government, Christian Religious Studies, Literature in English, French, Akan, Ga, Economics, Elective Mathematics, Geography
b. Home Economics: Management in Living, Food and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, General Knowledge in Arts
c. Visual Arts: General Knowledge in Art, Picture Making, Textiles, Economics, Elective Mathematics, French, Literature in English, Ceramics, Graphic Design
d. General Science: Elective mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Physics
e. Agricultural Science: Animal Husbandry, General Agriculture, Chemistry, Crop Husbandry
f. Business: Economics, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Elective Mathematics, Business Management