St. Johns School Sekondi -Takoradi

St. Johns School is an all-boys second-cycle Roman Catholic school located at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. The present curriculum falls within the Senior High School system in Ghana, with overall oversight by the Ghana Education Service. Graduates of St. Johns School are affectionately called Old Saints. Graduates include award-winning journalist David Ampofo, Frank Abu former minister of Mines and Energy, former Chief Executive of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Felix Anyah, M.K Onnomah, Ghanaian politician and the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, and Shasha Marley.St. Johns School was founded on January 29, 1952 by Archbishop William Thomas Porter of the Society of African Missions,[1] in response to the governments Accelerated Education policy of 1951. It was founded as a private secondary school and was the first secondary school to be established in the western region. It was named after Rev. John Beenker, the first head of school. Shortly after assuming the post, Beenker ...