Adisadel College
Overview
Public School (UK)
A public school, in common British usage, is a school that is neither administered nor financed by the state or from taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of endowments, tuition fees and charitable contributions, usually existing as a non profit-making charitable trust...
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Adisadel was established in 1910 in a building at Topp Yard, near Christ Church and Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana built by Swedish traders. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of Sweden. It was later rebuilt in stone....
. It began with 29 boys; in 1935 it had about 200 boys; at the time of the Golden Jubilee in 1960, enrolment had gone up to 545; as the school celebrates its centenary in 2010 there are over one thousand five hundred (1500) boys (all boarder).