St. James Seminary is a senior high school in Sunyani, the capital of the Bono region of Ghana, founded in 1978 by Most Rev.
It is not just a Senior High School, but also a Catholic Minor Seminary which offers a wide range of opportunities for both seminarians and non-Seminarians to make them not only aware of their potentials, but to fulfill them.
The school emphasizes moral, spiritual and positive character formation in addition to striving to achieve academic excellence.
St. James Seminary Senior High School was established in 1978 by the late Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sunyani Most Rev.
In spite of the initial resistance and discouragement from many quarters, St. James Seminary opened as a private school with the admission of 14 students in the first year under the supervision of Monsignor Robert Mensah Abrampah as its first rector.
The subsequent rectors would encounter humongous academic and infrastructural challenges in its running to the extent of relying on a few teachers to handle multiple subjects.
A story is told of the current Vicar-General of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sunyani; Monsignor Dr. George Kwame Kumi who alone taught physics, chemistry and biology for a number of years.
[10] Some notable teachers who were of great help to the school in its teething years include; Charles Oko Agyeman, Reverend Father John McVoy (became 2nd rector), Rev.
[11] However, in 1994, mainly due to the call on the Bishop by the Catholic faithful in the Sunyani Diocese for the establishment of a boys’ school to cater for their sons’ secondary education, the Bishop agreed to open up the seminary to non-seminarians to study alongside seminarians to ensure they all benefit from the high academic and moral discipline in St. James Seminary.
St. Charles Lwanga is also named after another one of the Martyrs of Uganda who is now adopted as the patron saint of converts, torture victims and the African Catholic Youth Action.
Students of this house wear BLUE jerseys St. Thomas Aquinas is named after the influential Italian philosopher, theologian, and jurist regarded as the model teacher for would-be priests, foremost proponent natural theology.
Scores of Irish High School students, teachers and medical teams have visited St. James since 2004 to have first-hand information about Ghana's educational system, as well as acquaint themselves with our cultural values, and build new relationships with their Ghanaian counterparts.
The Irish delegation attends classes, have cultural shows and play games with students of St. James Seminary whenever they visit.
In 2017, students of the Holy Spirit school made a cash donation to St. James through the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister when he and the Chief Executives of Sunyani and Techiman visited Tuscaloosa to strengthen sister-city relations that exist between these cities.
• WAEC's Distinction Award for Producing The Third Overall Best Candidate in the 2021 Ghana WASSCE, Master Ransaford Nana Agyei Korang.
• WAEC's Distinction Award for Producing The Best Candidate in The Business Programme in the 2021 Ghana WASSCE, Master Onyashiembor Sito.
• WAEC's Distinction Award for Producing The Best Candidate in The General Programme (Arts Option) in the 2021 Ghana WASSCE, Master Francis Abokua.