Why I couldn't attend Legon Presec - Seth Terkper - Adomonline.com

Amongst the many senior high schools in Ghana, the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon, is regarded as one of the most prestigious second-cycled institutions in the country.

The school’s clout is due to its perennial exploits in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), in addition to its performance in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Speaking in a yet-to-air interview on JoyNews’ PM Express Personality Profile, the finance expert disclosed that his hopes of being admitted to the school were dashed after the family’s cocoa farm was razed by fire.

Narrating the incident to host, Aisha Ibrahim, the former NDC appointee said though he was a Presbyterian, his dreams of attending a presbyterian school could not see the light of day.

In form 2, which is one of the biggest disappointments for me, I passed Presec but I couldn’t go.

“So [I was] a Presbyterian boy who passed Presec and couldn’t go; because that was the year the cocoa farms got burnt”.

He was born in Somanya in the Eastern Region of Ghana, where he had his elementary school education in the Presby cluster of schools.