Fijai Senior High School, formerly Fijai Secondary School, is a co-educational senior high school located in the Western Region of Ghana. The name Fijai is from the native dialect "Afei Gyae Me", which literally means "Now, leave me alone".
History The school got under way in 1952 as Sekondi Day Secondary School, as part of the 1951 Accelerated Plan for Education of the then Gold Coast Government.
The school was commissioned by the Paramount Chief of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketsiah IV on 29 January 1952 with 38 students (30 boys and eight girls). School was conducted in the buildings of the old Sekondi hospital.
The school moved to its current site in 1955 where it assumed its name Fijai Secondary School and recently changed to Fijai Senior High School.
Emblem The school emblem is an "Aquilline" eagle flying towards the sky and stars, through great storms and lightning as the school motto indicates Ad Astra Per Aspera, meaning "To the Stars Through Thick and Thin".
Headmasters Name Tenure Mr. Charles Quaye 1952–1965 Mr. A. R. Cudjoe 1965–1973 Mr. K. C. Mensah 1973–1982 Mr. J. E. Acquah 1983–1990 Mr. S. K. Folson 1990–1995 Mr. Isaac Blankson 1996–2002 Mr James H. Rhule 2002–2011 Mr. Joe Ocloo Nyamadi 2011–2017 Mr. Ken Abgomadze 2017 to present
Notable alumni Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2006—2019) Ayikoi Otoo, lawyer and politician General Emmanuel Alexander Erskine, soldier Joe Baidoo-Ansah, politician Papa Owusu-Ankomah, politician Nana Yaa Brefo, journalist, Angel FM 102.9
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