Wesley Girls' Senior High School

This article is about the school in Ghana. For the school in India, see Wesley Girls High School, Secunderabad.

Wesley Girls' High School
Location
Cape Coast, Ghana
Information
Type	Public Secondary/High School
Motto	Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong , Follow the King
Established	1836;189 years ago (1836)
Sister school	Mfantsipim School
Head of school	Mrs Jeannette Ruby Siameh
Staff	68
Gender	Female
Number of students	1700
Color(s)	Green   and yellow
Affiliation	Wesleyan - Methodist Church
Address	P.O. Box 61 Cape Coast, Ghana
Telephone	[phone]
Houses	Bellamy, Ellis, Waldron, Wrigley, Wardbrew, Compton, Abban, Garnett Acheampong, Thompson Djokoto
Website	wesleygirls.edu.gh

Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. ^[1] It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. ^[2] The school is named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

History

Wesley Girls' High School was ranked 68th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility. ^[3]

Controversy

In December 2024, the school was sued by Shafic Osman, a private legal practitioner for allegedly denying Muslim students the right to practice their faith in the school. ^{[4] [5]}

Notable alumni

• Rosina Acheampong, educationist, first female deputy director general of the GES, first Ghanaian headmistress of Wesley Girls High School
• Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer and digital marketer
• Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
• Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 1st police woman in Ghana
• Betty Acquah, feminist painter ^[6]
• Adina, musician
• Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2006 – 2019)
• Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi, Ghana Ambassador to South Korea (2017–2021) ^{[7] [8]}
• Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat
• Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, member of parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency
• Mabel Agyemang, Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, ^[9] first female Chief Justice of The Gambia (2013–2014)
• Ama Ata Aidoo, award-winning author, academic, former Minister of Education
• Sophia Akuffo, 13th Chief Justice of Ghana
• Patience Akyianu, banker; formerly managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana and currently CEO ^[10]
• Akosua Addai Amoo, sports journalist
• Grace Amponsah-Ababio, retired diplomat
• Abena Osei Asare, member of parliament for Atiwa East
• Gladys Asmah, former Minister of Fisheries
• Becca, musician
• Sylvia Boye, former Chief Executive and first female Registrar of West Africa Examinations Council
• Mary Chinery-Hesse, former civil servant and first female director of International Labor Organization, United Nations
• Melody Millicent Danquah, first female pilot in Africa
• Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari, first female to be Secretary to the Cabinet
• Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Florence Dolphyne, first female Professor and first female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
• Lydia Yaako Donkor, Commissioner of Police and the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service ^[11]
• Efua Dorkenoo, activist
• Brigitte Dzogbenuku, Presidential candidate (2020) & Vice Presidential candidate (2016) for the Progressive People's Party
• Constance Edjeani-Afenu, first female brigadier general of the Ghana Armed Forces, Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana's permanent Mission in New York
• Mary Grant, Ghana's first female council of state member; first alumna to be a medical doctor
• Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
• Avril Lovelace-Johnson, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
• Jennifer Koranteng, model and fashion designer
• Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, business leader and Microsoft's Financial Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa
• Eva Lokko, engineer and former managing director of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
• Alima Mahama, lawyer and former Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana
• Takyiwa Manuh, Ghanaian academic and author
• Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, a law professor and Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
• Akosua Manu, deputy CEO of National Youth Authority
• Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Lawyer and Former Deputy Minister of Transport ^[12]
• Emma Morrison, television personality and media professional ^[13]
• Victoria Nyarko, Ghanaian politician, member of parliament in the first republic
• Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, first female Vice-Chancellor of a state University in Ghana, First female Vice-President of Ghana
• Rose Constance Owusu, former justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008 – 2014)
• Deborah Owusu-Bonsu, musician, television presenter and model
• Martha Akyaa Pobee, Diplomat, Permanent Member to the United Nations,
• Lucy Quist, first Ghanaian woman to become the CEO of a multinational telecommunications company in Ghana
• Mabel Simpson, fashion designer
• Hanna Tetteh, former Minister for Trade and Industry and former Minister for Foreign Affairs ^[14]
• Gertrude Torkornoo, 15th Chief Justice of Ghana
• Yvonne Tsikata, international economist and first Ghanaian woman to become vice president at the World Bank
• Julia Osei Tutu, wife of Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II
• Georgina Theodora Wood, former police prosecution officer, first female Chief Justice of Ghana
• Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, first female deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and former Ghanaian diplomat
• Vida Yeboah, minister of state in the Rawlings government, former Headmistress of Mfanstiman Girls' Secondary School

School Code

0030107 ^[15]

School Courses ^[16]

• Home Economics
• Business
• General Science
• Visual Arts
• General Arts

School Facilities ^[17]

• Science Lab
• Sick Bay Clinic
• Assembly Hall
• Dinning Hall
• Library
• English Lab

References

1. "We've made progress in Wesley Girls' school impasse— Peace Council". Graphic Online. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
2. Abyna-Ansaa Adjei (2007). Ghana at 50. National Planning Committee, Ghana at 50. p. 95. ISBN   978-9988-0-9707-3.
3. "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.
4. "Wesley Girls SHS sued for allegedly denying Muslim students Islamic practices". 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
5. "Lawyer sues Wesley Girls SHS for alleged religious discrimination - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
6. "Art: Betty Acquah | Maple Tree Literary Supplement -issue17". www.mtls.ca. 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
7. "NPP Candidate Sure Of Winning Lower Manya Krobo Seat". Peace FM Online. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
8. "President Akufo-Addo Swears In 4 Ambassadors, 1 High Commissioner". Presidency of Ghana. Communications Bureau. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
9. "Governor Dakin announces new judicial appointments". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
10. "Patience Akyianu". Who's Who in Ghana. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
11. "Profile of new Police CID Director-General DCOP Lydia Yaako Donkor". Citi Newsroom. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
12. Online, Peace FM. "Mahama Picks Joyce Bawa Mogtari As His Special Aide". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
13. "Emma on the ball". Modern Ghana. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
14. "Hannah Tetteh, Foreign Affairs Minister". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
15. "Wesley Girls Senior High, Cape Coast". GhanaHighSchools.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
16. "Wesley Girls Senior High, Cape Coast". GhanaHighSchools.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
17. "Wesley Girls Senior High, Cape Coast". GhanaHighSchools.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.

External links

• http://www.wesleygirlshighalumni.org/home/inthenews.html
• http://www.fiankoma.org/ftp/wesley_schoolsite/
• http://www.IDCE-world.org