Mawuli School
Mawuli School is a co-educational, boarding senior high school located in Ho in the Ho Municipal district in the Volta Region of Ghana.
History
The school was founded in 1950 by the Evangelical [Presbyterian Church, Ghana|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]. It was the first senior high school to be established in the former British mandate territory of Trans-Volta Togoland.The name “Mawuli” is a popular Ewe name in the Volta Region, and means "There is a God". The name and school motto “Head Heart Hand”, were submitted by students.
Programmes offered
- Business
- General arts
- General science
- Home economics
- Technical skills
- Visual arts
- Graphics
- Ceramics
- General Agriculture
Notable alumni
- Eric Edem Agbana - Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for Ketu North constituency
- Selase Agbenyefia – Ghanaian helicopter pilot
- Nelson Agbesi – Volta Regional Minister, Minister for Agriculture
- Samuel Koku Anyidoho – Deputy General-Secretary of the National [Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]
- Akofa Edjeani Asiedu – Ghanaian actress
- Oscar Korbla Mawuli Awuku – Ghanaian body artist, painter, and sculptor
- Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor – Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for South Dayi constituency
- Akua Sena Dansua – Ghanaian journalist and politician
- Leila Djansi – Ghanaian filmmaker
- Harry Dumashie - Chief of the [Defence Staff (Ghana)|Chief of the Defence Staff], Chief of [Air Staff (Ghana)|Chief of Air Staff] and member of the Provisional [National Defence Council]
- Smile Dzisi – rector and interim vice-chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University
- Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi – Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist, curator and philanthropist, founder and artistic director of perfocraZe International Artists Residency
- Ernest Gaewu – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
- Bernice Heloo – MP Hohoe North and former deputy Minister for Environment Science, Technology and Innovations
- Jerry Kuma – vice-chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology
- Efo Kodjo Mawugbe – Ghanaian award-winning playwright and former director of the National Theatre of Ghana
- Elizabeth Akua Ohene – Ghanaian journalist