Adisadel College

Adisadel College
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Adisadel College

Adisadel College, popularly known as “ADISCO”, is an Anglican boys’ boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana. Adisadel College is one of the oldest senior high schools in Africa, and was ranked 10th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based on quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.

History

Adisadel was established in 1910 in a building at Top Yard, near Christ Church School which is within the vicinity of Cape Coast Castle. It began with 29 boys, but by 1935, it had expanded to accommodate about 200 pupils. The school buildings were extended in 1950 by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. Student enrolment stood at 545, at the time of the school’s Golden Jubilee in 1960. There were over 1500 boarding students and 93 teachers when the school celebrated its centenary anniversary in 2010.

The school’s original founder was the Rt. Rev. Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn, a missionary who was then Anglican Bishop of Accra between 1908 and 1910. Hamlyn’s ambition was to establish a grammar school to educate the sons of Anglicans in the colony, and also create an educational institution which will serve as a training ground for the clergy.

Adisadel College is the second-oldest secondary school in Ghana after Mfantsipim School, an arch rival which was established by the Methodist Church in 1876. Adisco is also one of the most famous institutions of learning in sub-Saharan Africa.

Uniform

The school uniform is black and white striped shirt and black shorts, which directly reflects the primary colors of the college. The distinctive color combination is colloquially referred to as “zebra”, due to its semblance to the stripes of that animal species. Unsurprisingly, the distinctive outfit has earned Adisco students the nickname of “zebra boys”. Prior to the introduction of this style of uniform in the 1990s, students of the old Form One to Form Five stream wore blue shirts and brown khaki shorts, whiles those in Sixth Form wore white shirts and brown shorts. Adisadel College was the first secondary school in the history of Ghana to design special cloaks for its prefects: red for the head prefect, blue for the other prefects, and green for the assistants. That tradition still persists till this day.

Course Offered
General Arts
Business
General Science
Visual Art

Information 

Category – Grade A School

Gender – Boys

Housing Status – Day/Boarding 

Year of Establishment – 1910

Name of Head – XXXXXXXXXX

School Code – 0030102

Contact Details
Name: Adisadel College
Contacts: XXXXXXXXXX
Region: Central Region, Ghana
Location: Cape Coast
Ghana Post GPS:  
Email:
Website: https://adisadelmuseum.com/

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