"The Government appointed two very eminent architects,
Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, as the architects for the school.
I first of all visited them in their offices in London to
discuss their ideas and plans and they later came out to
Kumasi to have a look at the actual site. In their day their
designs were very new and experimental – especially the roof
of the Assembly Hall and the curving classroom block. When they
were built they attracted much favourable attention. The contractor
responsible for building the school was E. Tonone, an Italian
company."
Prempeh College, the Asante Royal Boarding School for Boys of all ethnic backgrounds is the Kings College of
Ghana. Founded in 1949 by Asantehene Sir Osei Agyemang Prempeh II, it is located in a surburb of Kumasi (the Ashanti Regional capital)
called Sofoline.
The mission of Prempeh College is to serve the community, the nation, and the world by
educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with
usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and teachers in a
unified community known as a college.
The College in 1949.
Prempeh is now the academic home of more than 1600 young men, of whom approximately
80% are boarders. The park-like campus and the beautiful architecural masterpieces, which rivals God's-created Eden, where old blends with
new in timeless tranquility, form a background for a vibrant, forward- looking community of
fiercely proud boys, a commited, caring staff and a dynamic supportive parent body (PTA)
and Old Boy's Association (AMANFOO).
The Prempeh Experience is refinement, tradition and excellence. This is accomplished by
meeting the educational and personal needs of our pupils and by giving them the
opportunities, skills and motivation to succeed. The enormous success of many Prempeh
Boys since 1949 bears testimony to the value of the Prempeh Experience.
As you visit this official web site
of the College, we kindly encourage you to
study our history, culture and achievements.
