Makarantar Mfantsipim

**Makarantar Mfantsipim** makarantar sakandare ce ta yara maza a Cape Coast, Ghana,   wanda Ikilisiyar Methodist ta kafa a 1876 don inganta ci gaban ilimi, ɗabi'a, da ruhaniya a Gold Coast na lokacin. Sunan da aka kafa shi ne Wesleyan High School kuma shugaban farko shi ne James Picot, masanin Faransa, wanda ke da shekaru 18 kawai a lokacin da aka nada shi.

Ana kiran Mfantsipim da lakabi da *Makarantar* saboda ta haifi wasu manyan makarantu kamar Kwalejin Prempeh . 

## Tarihi
An fara gabatar da ra'ayin kafa makarantar sakandare don haɓaka ƙa'idodin ilimi a Gold Coast a 1865 amma ba a fahimta ba har zuwa 1876 lokacin da aka kafa makarantar sakandaren Wesleyan a Cape Coast tare da gudummawa daga 'yan kasuwa na gida da goyon bayan Methodist Missionary Society a Landan. Da farko an yi niyyar makarantar ta kasance a Accra, saboda shawarar da Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta yanke na motsa babban birnin Gold Coast daga Cape Coast zuwa Accra a shekara ta 1870. Koyaya, saboda tashin hankali na cikin gida da gaggawa don aiwatar da ra'ayin, an kafa shi a Cape Coast, kodayake akwai shirye-shiryen farko don daga baya motsa shi zuwa Accra, sake komawa wanda bai taɓa faruwa ba.

A ranar 3 ga Afrilu 1876, an kafa makarantar a matsayin Wesleyan High School.

### Tushen da Ci gaban Farko
An kafa Makarantar Mfantsipim a 1876 a matsayin Wesleyan High School a Cape Coast, da farko don horar da malamai tare da rajista na farko na dalibai 17. Tunanin kafa makarantar sakandare a Gold Coast ya samo asali ne daga 1865, amma ya ɗauki shekaru goma sha ɗaya don fahimtar wannan hangen nesa. An zaɓi wurin makarantar a cikin tashin hankali na gida da kuma buƙatar gaggawa don fara ma'aikatar, duk da shirye-shiryen farko na kafa ta a Accra.

Shugaban makarantar na farko shi ne James Picot, wani matashi masanin Faransa, wanda ke da shekaru 18 kawai a lokacin da aka nada shi. Duk da ƙuruciyarsa da ƙarancin ƙwarewa, Picot ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a farkon kwanakin makarantar.

### Canjin suna da juyin halitta
A cikin 1905 wani digiri na makarantar, John Mensah Sarbah, ya kafa wata makarantar adawa mai suna *M[[Mutanen Fante|Fants]]*; sunan ya samo asali ne daga "Mfantsefo-apem",  a zahiri yana nufin "dubban Fantes" amma a zahiri yana ma'anar "tattara rundunonin malamai don canji" da Fantes suka fara. A watan Yulin wannan shekarar, an haɗu da makarantun biyu a ƙarƙashin kulawar Cocin Methodist, suna riƙe da sunan Mfantsipim.

A ranar 9 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2000, tsohon shugaban makarantar Mfantsipim, O. K. Monney, ya mutu bayan ya sha wahala daga ciwon daji na ɗan lokaci.

### Canjin tarihi da fadadawa
Da farko an gina shi a kan filin Cape Coast Castle, daga baya aka tura Mfantsipim zuwa wurin da yake yanzu a Kwabotwe Hill a arewacin Cape Coast a cikin 1930. Wannan yunkuri ya nuna wani muhimmin mataki a fadada makarantar da ci gaba.

## Al'adun ilimi da al'adu
Makarantar tana murna da abubuwan da suka faru a shekara-shekara kamar Ranar Magana da Kyauta,  wanda ya samo asali ne daga 1908, wanda Rev. W. T. Balmer ya fara. Waƙar yabo ta makaranta, Botae Pa, ta rera a abubuwan da suka faru daban-daban, ta ƙunshi tarihin makarantar, dabi'u, da burin.

### Kimiyya da Lissafi na Kasa Quiz 2025
An shirya matakin ne don babban wasan karshe na Kimiyyar Kimiyya da Lissafi ta Kasa ta 2025 (NSMQ) a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, 2025, inda masu kare Mfantsipim School, masu cin nasara sau biyu Opoku Ware School, da Kwalejin St. Augustine za su fuskanci abin da ya yi alkawarin zama daya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a tarihin kwanan nan.

## Shahararrun ɗalibai
 

* Ernest Addison, gwamnan Bankin Ghana na yanzu
* Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, tsohon mataimakin shugaban Jamhuriyar Ghana
* Kofi Annan, wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel ta zaman lafiya kuma tsohon Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 
* Kow Nkensen Arkaah, tsohon mataimakin shugaban Jamhuriyar Ghana 
* Raphael Armattoe, masanin kimiyya, mai kishin kasa, marubuci 
* Albert Adu Boahen, masanin kimiyya, masanin tarihi da siyasa 
* Kofi Abrefa Busia, shugaban siyasa, masanin kimiyya kuma Firayim Minista na Ghana (1969-1972) 
* Mohamed Ibn Chambas, tsohon shugaban hukumar ECOWAS
* Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson, tsohon mataimakin shugaban Jamhuriyar Ghana 
* Joe de Graft, marubuci, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo; darektan farko na Ghana Drama Studio
* J. E. Casely Hayford, ɗan jarida kuma ɗan siyasa 
* Kobina Arku Korsah, babban alƙali na farko na Ghana 
* John Mensah Sarbah, diflomasiyya, fitaccen lauya kuma shugaban siyasa a Gold Coast (yanzu Ghana) 
* Nana Kobina Nketsia V, Babban Cif (Omanhen) na Essikado (British Sekondi) Yankin gargajiya a Yankin Yammacin Ghana 
* Alex Quaison-Sackey, jami'in diflomasiyya, shugaban baƙar fata na farko na Babban Taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniyashugaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya
* Kobina Sekyi, lauya, marubuci, mai kishin kasa 
* Tsatsu Tsikata, masanin kimiyya kuma lauya 
* Arthur Wharton, ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko na Ingila 

## Kyaututtuka

* Wadanda suka lashe gasar 1999 & 2014 2024 da 2025 na National Science and Maths Quiz 
* Wadanda suka lashe gasar 2024 na National Science and Maths Quiz   
* Wanda ya lashe gasar Magana ta Kasa ta 2021
* Zakarun kwallon kwando na Sprite sau shida 

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