About Okuapemman
The School is situated on a 10 square kilometer campus of undulating land and pleasant surroundings about 2 km from the town of Akropong. The campus presents a panorama of beautiful and modern buildings intersected with verdant lawns and tropical flora which provide a cool and refreshing atmosphere congenial for a successful academic work. The School has four halls (houses) of residence, namely Opoku-Akyeampong (which was named after the founder himself), Akuffo, Kwadade and Dokua (which is the girls’ house). The idea of building a co-educational institution such as Achimota or on the model of English Private Schools struck and greatly obsessed Mr. Opoku-Akyeampong in 1955. Finally he decided to site his school on top the beautiful hills beyond the stream called ‘Nyaadebi’. With zeal he made the necessary contacts, saw the Omanhene (paramount Chief), the Akuapim State Council, and the real owners of the land, the nature of which he admired so much, acquired it, and built his school.
He later invited some eminent people from all the divisional wings of the Akuapim State, that is, the Adonten, Gyaase, Nifa, Benkum and an expatriate , Miss I. M. Anderson then the Headmistress of Aburi Girls Secondary School to become members of the Board of Governors and attend the first board meeting. This, they did and twelve people in all including the founder who acted as chairman were present. Having built it he adequately equipped the Okuapemman School; notably dormitories were furnished with spring iron beds and kept Mattresses, (It is very interesting to note that students of this school were the first to enjoy using such comfortable beds in the Gold Coast (Ghana) when he formally opened it on 8th February 1957. It had a population of 182 pupils, 159 boys and 12 girls in forms one to three. The pioneer teachers were only 6. The school started to run sixth form course in 1963.
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Okuapemman School campus sprawls over an area of approximately 1.5 square kilometers over hills and valleys in a suburb of Akropong Akuapem known as Okuapemman. Located in the historic city of Akropong Akuapem on the beautiful Eastern part of Ghana. Okuapemman School is among the many fine educational institutions that have rendered the Eastern part as the cradle of premium education in Ghana.
The school campus spreads above and below a hill that is rich with tropical ecological preserves. The lower campus, known as hill is joined to the upper campus by a stairway that rises over 150 ft. The upper school known as Novel is where the academic and administrative facilities are located. With the current student population of 2000, the school has grown and evolved from an institution that started as training boys for the Basel priesthood.
The vision of its founder, Barrister Kweku Opoku Acheampong has yielded great success when one surveys the alumni of this school who have achieved greatness for their country and excelled in various endeavors. The beautiful campus of Okuapemman School has facilities that are unique among secondary schools in Ghana. Among some of its facilities are a Blind Resource center, lecture theatre, computer laboratory, Library, sports stadium, a Science laboratory and a chapel.
There are six dormitories that serve as student housing. Most of the student housing have housed family generations that passed through Okuapemman, thus generating a loyalty unmatched on any Ghanaian secondary school.
Okuapemman offers a rigorous academic training that prepares its student for university entry. However, students are encourage to actively participate in extracurricular activities. There are also many student clubs and organizations that caters to various social and political interests. There are various musical groups that comprise of the Okuapemman Brass Band.
A perennial sports power, Okuapemman competes in various athletic events in track and field, hockey, soccer, basketball and table tennis. Intra-mural sports competition is an Okuapemman tradition. One's latent talent surfaces through participation in extracurricular activities participation at Okuapemman.
The school offers students a chance to grow spiritually. There are various religious organizations on campus that caters to the spiritual needs of students. Okuapemman has always fostered the spirit of self-dependence. Students are trained to be disciplined and follow the school rules, the first of which reads "A breach of common sense, is a breach of college rule".
Most of the facilities on the campus were built by the pioneering students. Such self-reliant deeds has positively influenced the generation of students who pass through the school to amply give back to the alma mater. Thus Okuapemman still enjoys the benevolence of its alumni who continue to honor the school through various gifts. Today there are Okuapemman alumni associations all over the world. Most have achieved remarkable success and set enviable record. The competitive nature of Okuapemman students can be found in the school motto " Semper Primus ", a Latin phrase which translates "Always First".
One of the greatest schools in the country well noted for its uniqueness and other sterling qualities and which can’t be equaled by anyone else is Okuapemman School. The school founded single handedly by a native of Akropong Akwapim has over the years produced so many personalities from all walks of life who have contributed so much in the building of this nation of ours. It has produced lawyers, doctors, professors, brass military men, farmers and indeed prominent traditional rulers of the land.
It is a lot of achievement for the man Barrister Opoku Acheampong who out of sacrifice and pushing his personal gains aside, founded the school which for the past 55 years has contributed to producing brains for nation building. Out of pure sacrifice product of our dear school can be found in every niche of human Endeavor contributing to the socio-economic, educational and political development of the country.
The sacrificial trait of the founder is one thing that we should all reflect on as we gear ourselves for the grand golden jubilee celebration. Wherever we find ourselves or whatever that our hands find to, let do it with a lot of love and sacrifice, commitment and discipline, and nationalistic feeling for the good of our entire compatriot for a better tomorrow.
The school's motto is "Semper Primus" which in Latin
means "Always first." It enjoins Odehye to
strive to be among the best, if not the very best, in whatever they do.
Okuapemman School is currently one of the few secondary/high schools in Ghana still called a 'School'. Odehye actually pride themselves as being the only real School in the country.
The school's colors are brown and white.
The uniform of the school is brown and white shirt on brown shorts and Skirt.
