per historical accounts, the presbyterian church of ghana established ghana's first elementary school in the country in 1843 which resulted in the institutionalization of formal education in the country. in 1848, the church founded a teacher-catechist seminary, the basel mission seminary, later known as the presbyterian training college (ptc) at akropong as the second higher educational institution in west africa after fourah bay college in sierra leone. this development led to the establishment of several primary and secondary schools and colleges of education through a strategic partnership with the ghanaian government; specifically, 1,886 schools made up of 490 kindergartens, 973 primary school, 388 junior secondary schools, 25 senior secondary schools, five vocational institutes and five colleges of education. the church has also been instrumental in providing agricultural and health services for citizens.