Local Survey of Achimota School and Village

Abstract

In this survey of the two Achimotas - the School and the Village - each community will be examined separately and then compared one with the other. The Village was the first to be established. According to tradition it came into being some - time in the nineteenth century. The school came into existence in the first quarter of the twentieth century, in 1925. - The school owes its origin and continued existence to education. Those who live there are students, teachers, administrators and several types of .workers. It has a mixed population of White and black, young and old. A large number of these who because of their occupation or career, cannot be permanent settlers, leave the school at one time another.