[5] The Basel Evangelical Missionary Society established the Presbyterian Women's Training College at Aburi.

[3] The expansion of economic opportunities through the education of women on the Gold Coast was central to the society's mission besides the propagation of the Gospel.

[3] At the onset of World War I in 1914, the Basel mission was expelled from the Gold Coast by the British colonial government as many missionaries were German-speaking citizens of Germany and Switzerland.

[3] In that same year, a class on pedagogy or teaching methods was introduced, forming the basis for the formation of a women's normal school.

[3] In 1928, the British colonial government ratified the founding of the women's teacher training college at Aburi.

[3] Following this development, the Education Committee of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast in collaboration of the Basel and Scottish missionaries explored the possibility of a girls’ grammar high school on the Aburi campus of the teachers’ college.

[3] In 1948, the middle school was moved to a different site and was operated under the auspices of the church with local staff who were trained at the women's college.