Achimota's Founding Ideals
Achimota Stands For:
- The best use of the minds and bodies which God has given us
- An equal opportunity for girls and boys in education
- Respect for all that is true and of lasting value in the old African culture, beliefs and ways of life
- Willing, humble service of the educated for the uneducated
- Mutual understanding and cooperation between Christians of all denominations and the growth of that spirit in which the churches shall one day be united again
- Friendship, respect and cooperation between all races on equal terms
- The belief, on which all else rest, in Jesus Christ as the revelation for all time and all peoples of the love of God, and as the guide and pattern of our lives.
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