Presbyterian Senior High School, Osu
| Presbyterian Senior High School, Osu | |
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| Address | |
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P.O. Box M173, Accra Osu - Accra, Ghana Greater Accra Region Accra, Ghana, Greater Accra Region, 23321 Ghana | |
| Information | |
| School type | Government funded, Day |
| Motto | Virtute Omnia Inferiora |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Established | 1956 |
| School board | Board of Governors |
| School district | Osu District |
| Oversight | Ghana Education Service |
| Staff | 93 teachers |
| Grades | Forms' (1–3) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 14-18 |
| Enrollment | c. 500 |
| Average class size | 50 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Osu |
| Houses | 4 |
| School colour(s) | white and blue |
| Slogan | OPOSA Unity!! |
| Song | Our school is Presec Osu! |
| Athletics | Track and Field |
| Sports | Hockey, Soccer, Basketball |
| Nickname | OPRE |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Ghana |
| Alumni | Osu Presec Old Students Association (OPOSA) |
| Address |
P.O. Box M173,Accra, Ghana  |
| Website |
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The Presbyterian Secondary School, Osu was established in 1956 in one of the Old Basel Missionary Buildings at the foot of Kuku Hill of Osu. The motives of establishing the school are: 1. To offer Presbyterian Day Secondary education to children in Osu 2. To have a Secondary School at Osu in compensation for lack of a boarding school at Osu. It was seriously considered that the seat of the Basel Mission and Presbyterianism needed a higher school. The church and some individual educationists teamed up to establish the school with Mr. Cleland Armah as the first Headmaster of the school. In 1963, the school was absorbed into the public system under a new Headmaster Mr. McCarthy. He renovated the Old Basel Mission building into a school building accommodating two stream classrooms,library, administration office and science laboratories. The Church offered the present site (The New Site) for the school. At the moment, the school has only an eighteen (18) unit classroom block and three storey Science block which accommodates also the staff of the school. Currently, the school has benefited from the GETFund and new classroom blocks are being put up to accommodate the many students who continue to seek academic progress here.
Vision
To provide quality and effective education for students so as to equip them with the requisite knowledge and skills to be productive in all spheres of life especially the socio-economic growth and to be able to develop their community in particular and their nation at large.
Mission
It was to offer Presbyterian day secondary education to children whose parents could not afford the boarding fees of the sister school at Odumase - Krobo which was later moved to Legon. It was intended to have a secondary school at Osu in compensation for the lack of a boarding school at Osu. It was seriously considered that the seat of the Basel Mission and Presbyterianism needed a higher institution.
History
The Presbyterian Secondary School, Osu was established in 1956 in one of the Old Basel Missionary Buildings at the foot of Kuku Hill of Osu. The motives of establishing the school are: 1. To offer Presbyterian Day Secondary education to children in Osu 2. To have a Secondary School at Osu in compensation for lack of a boarding school at Osu. It was seriously considered that the seat of the Basel Mission and Presbyterianism needed a higher school. The church and some individual educationists teamed up to establish the school with Mr. Cleland Armah as the first Headmaster of the school. In 1963, the school was absorbed into the public system under a new Headmaster Mr. McCarthy. He renovated the Old Basel Mission building into a school building accommodating two stream classrooms,library, administration office and science laboratories. The Church offered the present site (The New Site) for the school. At the moment, the school has only an eighteen (18) unit classroom block and three storey Science block which accommodates also the staff of the school. Currently, the school has benefited from the GetFund and new classroom blocks are being put up to accommodate the many students who continue to seek academic progress here.