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Ofori Panin Senior High School
Ofori Panin Senior High School
Address
	P. O. Box 11; Tafo -Kukurantumi.; Tafo; Eastern Region; Tafo 00233; Ghana
Coordinates	05°37′38″N 00°12′49″W / 5.62722°N 0.21361°W
Information
School type	High School Co-educational Boarding / Residential
Motto	Dwen na Som; (Think and Serve)
Religious affiliation(s)	Non-denominational Christian
Established	22 September 1961
Founder	Dr Kwame Nkrumah
Educational authority	Ministry of Education
Chairperson	Opanin Charles Arthur, Chairperson of Board of Governors
Headteacher	Mr Ernest Antwi Gyimah
Chaplain	Rev. Eric Aforo .
Grades	Forms 1–3 (10th – 12th grades)
Gender	Co-ed (Boys/Girls)
Age range	14 to 19 years
Enrollment	c. 2000
Education system	Senior High School
Classes offered	Visual Arts, Home Economics, Science, General Arts, Business
Language	English
Campus	Ofori Panin School
Campus type	Residential garden-style Setting
Houses	8
Colour(s)	Blue and White ;
Song	OPASS, Our Alma Mater
Nickname	OPASS
Publication	Mpaninfoɔ
Alumni	OPASS Alumni Association
Website	www.oforipaninshs.com

Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) is a co-educational second cycle institution at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana.^[2] Ofori Panin School (formerly Tafo-Kukurantumi Senior High school, now nicknamed OPASS), is a co-educational boarding school located at Tafo in Akyem, Eastern Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1961 by Kwame Nkrumah.^[3] The foundation stone of the building was laid on 19 May 1962 by Hon. Kofi Asante Ofori Attah, M.P. for Akim Abuakwa and Minister of Justice at that time. An alumnus/alumna of Ofori Panin is known as an "Opassian".

The motto of the school is "Dwen Na Som" meaning "Think and Serve", a reference to the founders' expressed philosophy that starting in the context of school life, male and female, everyone should serve with a thoughtful mind and be ready and willing to serve yourself, your school, family, nation and the world at large. The school crest was designed using the leopard and other items. The leopard signifies strength and intelligence, a torch, which shows light and brightness on the path to victory, a cutlass that represents the farming community of Akim Abuakwa, a tree signifying the rain forest of Akyem Abuakwa which provides fertile land for the production of timber and cocoa, the backbone of Ghana's economy.

Principals and heads

Name	Tenure of office
Mr. K. Adwedaa, B. Sc.	1961–1963
Mr. S. T. Ampofo, B. A. (Hons)	1963–1976
Mr. E. Twum-Danso, B.A. Legon (Acting)	1976–1977
Mr. G. A. Gyimah, B.A. Legon	1977–1991
Mr. K. Amo-Dako, B.A. Ed.	1991–2003
Mr. K. Kyei-Brobbey, B Sc. (Hons) Dip (Agric), Dip. Ed.	2003–2012
Rev. Kent Badu	2012–2014
Dr. Edmund K. Fianu Dip. ED., BA(Hons), M.A DT.	2014–2017
Mr. John Biantey	2018-2020
Mr. Ernest Antwi Gyimah	2020-

Notable alumni

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu — microbiologist and professor at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana^[4]
Justice Julius Ansah — Former Supreme Court judge^[5]
Patrick Darko Missah — director general of the Ghana Prisons Service^[6]
Kwakye Darfour — Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana^[7]
Xbills Ebenezer — music video director, and filmmaker^[8]
Nii Amasah Namoale — Ghanaian politician^[9]
Nana Mitch — Ghanaian Snapchat lens creator, creative director, editor and content creator
Dj Black — Ghanaian disc jockey and media personality
Atsrim Sitsofe Philip — Sports Broadcaster^[10]
Patrick Osei-Agyeman (alias Countryman Songo) — Sports Broadcaster^[11]