Abuakwa State College

Abuakwa State College
Location
Eastern Region-Kibi Ghana
Coordinates	6°10′32″N0°32′39″W / 6.175626°N 0.544099°W / 6.175626; -0.544099
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Yaanom! Susubiribi!!
Established	1936(89 years ago) (1936)
Founder	3 Methodist elders
Status	Active
School district	Abuakwa South Municipal
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Head of school	MR. Eric Adjei Sarpong Hanson
Gender	Coed
Age	15to 19
Classes offered	Business, general arts, general science, agriculture science, visual arts, home economics
Language	English
Campus	Abuakwa State College
Houses	6 (Paa Willie, Akyem Asafo, Apea Menkah, J.B Danquah, C.J Banaman, E.K Ofori)
Colour(s)	Yellow and green
Song	Susubiribi
Nickname	ABUSCO
Publication	Yaanom Susubiribi
Alumni	Old Abuscodians Association

Abuakwa State College is a co-ed second cycle institution in Kibi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The school was established in 1936 by three elders of the Methodist Church at Asafo-Akyem as a preparatory institution to prepare Ghanaian students who wanted to sit the then Junior Cambridge Examination. ^[2] It was relocated to Kyebi in 1937 by Nana Sir Ofori Atta I who laid the foundation stone on 11 October 1937 thus becoming the founder and father of the school, Abuakwa State College was born to enable more students especially those from Akyem Abuakwa to enroll in the school. ^{[3] [4]}

Headmasters

Header text	Header text
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta	1944-1947
William Ofori-Atta	1947-1951
S A Allotey	1972 -1978
A N Tetteh (ag)	1978 (Nov) - 1978(Dec)
D K Asiedu	1979 - 1982
D W Donkor(ag)	1982(April) -1982(Aug)
S A Birikorang	1982 - 1983
D M Ankomah	1983 - 1990
A O Botwe	1990 - 1993
E A Preko	1993 - 1995
K Antwi-Dako	1995 - 2001
Frederick Opoku	2002 -2007

Mr Eric H. Adjei-Sarpong || 2020-date

Notable Persons Associated with Abuakwa State College

Notable alumni

• Gibson Dokyi Ampaw, minister in the second republic
• Rose Akua Ampofo, First Ghanaian woman to be ordained as a Presbyterian Minister
• Martin Appiah-Danquah, Ghanaian politician
• Akenten Appiah-Menka, politician and businessman
• Ahmed Arthur, politician
• Kwesi Amoako Atta, current roads & highways minister
• John Odaate-Barnor, former Chief of Defense Staff
• Asare Konadu, Writer
• Jacob Kwakye-Maafo, physician
• Mzbel, Ghanaian musician
• Bob Pixel, Photographer
• Boahene Yeboah-Afari, minister of state in the Nkrumah government
• Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, politician

Notable staff

• Ken Attafuah
• Kojo Botsio
• Ebenezer Moses Debrah
• Samuel Odoi-Sykes
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
• William Ofori-Atta

References

1. "Abuakwa State". Ghanaweb. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
2. "new-classroom-block-for-abuakwa-state-college". Graphic Ghana. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
3. "Abuakwa-State-College". Wikimedia. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
4. "abusco-launches-80th-anniversary". myjoyonline. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.