Ghana, Accra
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The school campus is designed as a 'living space' for children and teenagers, green and colorful. Classrooms and the kindergarten are cheerful and creatively designed. The facilities meet German standards. Numerous specialist rooms for art, music and movement, a school kitchen, the canteen, a science lab, rooms for pre-school, one for English, a computer room and the library complement the facilities. A playground, a basketball court and a football pitch encourage physical activity and can be used for celebrations, cultural and sporting events.
The sports facilities include a playground, a basketball court and a football pitch. These facilities support physical activity and school sport and can be used for celebrations and events.
Specialist rooms for art, music and movement are available. A science lab is on campus. There are dedicated rooms for English and for computer studies. A preschool room is provided for early years. The library supports learning beyond classroom instruction.
Extracurricular activities are regularly included. External experts are involved in the lessons.
German Swiss International School Accra offers a bilingual education that merges the Thuringian framework with Cambridge standards. The curriculum spans Cambridge Primary, Secondary, IGCSE and Cambridge A Levels, with a progression from Primary through Lower Secondary and a Cambridge checkpoint at key stages. English, Mathematics, Science and French as a Foreign Language are core subjects, with the Cambridge pathway supported by a bilingual Building Bridges approach. The school serves ages 1 to 14 and emphasizes multilingualism, practical learning and a structured path to upper secondary qualifications. Founded in 1966 as RMS Swiss School, it became a German school and earned the Excellent German School Abroad seal in 2016; the streams were unified under Building Bridges in 2023/24. The campus is space meeting German standards, with specialist rooms, a science lab, a library and spaces for English and computing. Extracurriculars include Gerald Asamoah Football Academy, arts, music, dance, languages and sustainability initiatives.