PREMPEH IS THE SCHOOL MOST GHANAIANS CHOSE

Monday, September 13, 2004

Newspaper reviews on radio stations on Friday showed that Prempeh recorded the highest number of first year applicants and the competition for entry into the Royal School is the most brutal in the nation. A record 2400 students chose Prempeh, of which 2000 had a strong Aggregate 6. The Headmaster is required by a national mandate to accept only 500 students, including those accepted by virtue of protocol.

Kapital Radio was the first to report on the competitiveness of Prempeh's admissions this year. The Pioneer newspaper wrote about our Headmaster's dilemma in making the selection for the best 500 out of this notable list of 2400 strong contenders. The paper joked about how Headmaster Owusu-Achiaw directed all applicants without eight or nine "ones" to "go and seek admission into Dompoase Secondary School," which, interestingly, was the school he last headed before becoming Prempeh's ninth headmaster. The Kumasi Daily and The Pioneer suggested that the competition is so intense and the spaces are so few that even His Majesty The King may be restricted to only 5 places for royals this year.

While it is clearly obvious that the Kings College is the most prestigious institution for boys because our distinguished President, His Excellency Senior JA Kufuor is an alumnus, some people actually credit prempeh.org for giving the Royal School the upper hand over its rivals and contributing to the ascendancy of Prempeh's already-famous name. This is probably why the headmaster is requesting that all his staff submit their profiles to the website by a specified date.