History of Ghana National College
Ghana National College was established on 16th July,1948 in Cape Coast, during a period of agitation for self government in the then Gold Coast. Ironically it was christened Ghana National college nine years before The Gold Coast achieved independence in 1957, and the country named Ghana.
On March 15th 1948, student protested in Cape Coast in solidarity for the detained UGCC executives results in the expulsion of 150 students from St. Augustines College and Mfantsipim school on the recommendation of the Quashie- Idun Commission charged with investigation into the student unrest.
Later on July 1st 1948, Kwame Nkrumah invited the four teachers to his office in Saltpond and commissions Mr. Kojo Botsio to evaluate plans for starting a new school.
Sixteen boys and one girl enrolled as the first students of the school for the first official lessons at MacCarthy Hill, Cape Coast. They will later become prominent notables in the Ghanaian society.
