Wesley Girls' Senior High School

Educational institution for girls in Cape Coast, Ghana

and yellow AffiliationWesleyan - Methodist ChurchAddressP.O. Box 61
Cape Coast, Ghana

Telephone+233 3321 32218
HousesBellamy, Ellis, Waldron, Wrigley, Wardbrew, Compton, Abban, Garnett Acheampong, Thompson DjokotoWebsitewesleygirls.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]

Achievements

Won the Sprite Ball Championship in 2008 and 2016^[4]

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, active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2022–)
Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 1st police woman in Ghana
Betty Acquah, feminist painter
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)^[5]^[6]
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,^[7] 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; firmerly managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana and currently CEO of Hollard Insurance
Akosua Addai Amoo, Sports journalist
Grace Amponsah-Ababio, a 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 KNUST
Florence Dolphyne, first female Professor and first female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
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, active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2019–)
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 active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2020–)
Akosua Menu, deputy CEO of National Youth Authority
Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Lawyer and Former Deputy Minister of Transport^[8]
Emma Morrison, television personality and media professional
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
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
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

References

^ "We've made progress in Wesley Girls' school impasse— Peace Council". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
^ Abyna-Ansaa Adjei (2007). Ghana at 50. National Planning Committee, Ghana at 50. p. 95. ISBN 978-9988-0-9707-3.
^ "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.
^ Frank Darkwah (30 December 2016). "Wesley Girls, Opoku Ware wins Sprite Ball Championship". Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "NPP Candidate Sure Of Winning Lower Manya Krobo Seat". Peace FM Online. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "President Akufo-Addo Swears In 4 Ambassadors, 1 High Commissioner". Presidency of Ghana. Communications Bureau. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "Governor Dakin announces new judicial appointments". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
^ Online, Peace FM. "Mahama Picks Joyce Bawa Mogtari As His Special Aide". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-03-01.