Ghana National College is a secondary school in Cape Coast, on the coast of Ghana. It is rated as one of the areas top schools. It was founded on July 20 1948, staffed by dismissed teachers from St Augustines College and Mpantsipim. The college was founded by the first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah using his own funds, for eight students who were expelled by the British colonial administration from St. Augustine’s College. The expulsion resulted from a protest march, held in solidarity with Nkrumah who was then imprisoned.
Notable alumni
* Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyi.
* J.J Mensah-Kane. First headmaster of the college and a respected scholar, educationalist and nationalist. |
