Mrs Wilhelmina Obuobisa-Atakora has been inducted into office as the ninth headmistress of the Aburi Girls Presbyterian Senior High School(SHS), at a colourful ceremony.
She succeeds Mrs Cynthia Anim, who unfortunately died in the course of her duties, she served for three years from 2021 to 2024.
Mrs Obuobisa-Atakora is a product of Krobo Girls and Aburi Girls SHS and holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mathematics and a Master of Science (MSc) in Statistics and Mathematics from the University of Education, Winneba.
She had taught mathematics at several SHSs including West Africa Senior High School where she was appointed as the assistant head in charge of academics.
Prior to her appointment as the headmistress for Aburi Girls, she was the headmistress of Nkwatla Presbyterian Senior High School(Eastern Region) and Teshie Presbyterian Senior High Schools (Greater Accra).
The new headmistress is a staunch Presbyterian, who has served as a presbyter and leader of the singing band and women’s fellowship groups of the Church, in different capacities.
The Akuapem Presbytery Chairperson of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Reverend Ebenezer Acheampong Asiedu, who performed the induction reminded her that she was chosen out of a lot and therefore much was expected of her.
He assured her that the Presbyterian Church was solidly behind her to discharge her duties without fear or favour to move the fortunes of the school into excellence.
Mrs Obuobisa-Atakora in a short remark pledged to build on the efforts of her predecessors, stating “I commit to building on the firm foundation and enviable records I have come to meet.”
She thanked the Presbyterian Church and the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the confidence reposed m her and called on the support of all stakeholders to further place the school on the highest pedestal.
Aburi Girls SHS is one of the prest1g1ous schools of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana which began in 1858 as a Basel Mission Girls Primary Boarding school at Aburi.
In 1964,the Scottish mission with the approval of the then Synod committee of the Church transformed it into a Grammar Secondary School for Girls and construction of the permanent site or the school began in 1950.
The school has eight houses and a student population of 4,081.
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