Fijai Senior High School Explained

Fijai Senior High School
Motto:Ad Astra Per Aspera
Motto Translation:To the stars through thick and thin
Location:Sekondi-Takoradi
Coordinates:4.9296°N -1.7458°W
Established:29 January 1952
Status:Active
Category Label:GES Category
Category:A
Type:Public, co-educational
District:Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly
Grades:11th–20grade
Headmaster:Mr Ken Abgomadze
Gender:Male and female
Enrolment:Yearly
Faculty:5
Campus Type:Residential
Houses:Anaisie House Dadzie HouseQuaye House Tachie Menson House
Campus:Aquiline Hills
Athletics:Field and track events. Basketball game. Volleyball game.
Mascot:Aquilline Eagle
Nickname:Young Souls.
Colors:Blue-black and wine
Language:English
Yearbook:The Aquila
Alumni:FOSA

Fijai Senior High School, formerly Fijai Secondary School, is a co-educational senior high school located in the Western Region of Ghana.[1] The name Fijai is from the native dialect "Afei Gyae Me", which literally means "Now, leave me alone".

History

The school got under way in 1952 as Sekondi Day Secondary School, as part of the 1951 Accelerated Plan for Education of the then Gold Coast Government.[2]

The school was commissioned by the Paramount Chief of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketsiah IV on 29 January 1952 with 38 students (30 boys and eight girls).[3] School was conducted in the buildings of the old Sekondi hospital.[2]

The school moved to its current site in 1955 where it assumed its name Fijai Secondary School and recently changed to Fijai Senior High School.[2]

Emblem

The school emblem is an "Aquilline" eagle flying towards the sky and stars, through great storms and lightning as the school motto indicates Ad Astra Per Aspera, meaning "To the Stars Through Thick and Thin".

Anthem

We started young in earnest

In search of knowledge pure and true

And at our motherland behest

To give of our country of our best

And so we daily struggling through

chorus

adastra 3x,

per adua

to the stars 3x

through thick and thin

Headmasters

Name Tenure
Mr. Charles Quaye 1952–1965
Mr. A. R. Cudjoe 1965–1973
Mr. K. C. Mensah 1973–1982
Mr. J. E. Acquah 1983–1990
Mr. S. K. Folson 1990–1995
Mr. Isaac Blankson 1996–2002
Mr James H. Rhule 2002–2011
Mr. Joe Ocloo Nyamadi 2011–2017
Mr. Ken Abgomadze2017 to present

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fijai Senior High . 2024-06-29 . GhanaHighSchools.com . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Fijai Secondary School. ges.gov.gh. 27 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Fijai Senior High School celebrates Diamond Jubilee. ghanaweb.com. 27 January 2014.