SOS Schools: Tema International College

The International College in Ghana is a secondary boarding school in Tema, about 35 miles from the capital Accra. It opened in 1990. The school buildings were donated to SOS Children's Villages by Valco (Alcoa in Ghana). There are 280 pupils in ten classes. There are about 22 full time and 3 part time teachers. Most of the teachers are Ghanaian graduate subject specialists, with others from India, Ethiopia and the United Kingdom. The syllabus includes both IGCSE and International Baccalaureate.

The International College caters for talented youngsters from fifteen English-speaking African countries and helps students to gain places at university in Africa with some students gaining scholarships to universities in USA, Canada and United Kingdom. The college also seeks to focus pupils' attention on the development of Africa in order to instil a sense of social responsibility and commitment to the continent in line with the college's motto “Knowledge in the service of Africa”. The school has close links with United World Colleges and is a full member of the European Council of International Schools (ECIS), the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) and the International Schools Association (ISA).