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History of Labone Senior High School

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:45:31 +0000

Labone Senior High School was started in January 1947 at La “Abormi” as La Bone College. The motto was then “Think And Fly”. The name La Bone College was first changed in November 1957 to Ghana College. Currently, it is known as Labone Senior High School. Labone SHS has led in many inter school sports [...]

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History of Koforidua Secondary Technical School

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:42:12 +0000

The school was established in the year 1967 by the then head of state Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was the second secondary technical school after Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi. It also bore the name Ghana Secondary Technical School until in the 2000s that it was changed to Koforidua Secondary Technical School and [...]

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History of Accra Girls’ SHS

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:39:22 +0000

Accra Girls Senior High School was established in 1960 as one of the Ghana Education Trust Schools. The history of the Ghana Education Trust Schools dates back to the 1950s and 1960s which marked a period of self-governance in administration under the distinguished leadership of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. There were only few schools and as [...]

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Detailed History of Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Mon, 11 May 2020 11:58:34 +0000

Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High School (YAGSHS) was established in 1961 as part of the rapid educational expansion project pioneered by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first Ghanaian President after the independence of the country. The school started in 1960 with seventy students. The school was named after Yaa Asantewaa, the great historical revolutionary heroine [...]

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History of Saint Mary’s Girl’s SHS and The Origin of ACASMA

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Sat, 02 May 2020 16:25:21 +0000

St Mary Senior High School at Korle Gonnor in Accra was established on 6th February 1950 by two dedicated Catholic missionary sisters and Servants of the Holy Spirit. The school started with just ten girls and a staff of two reverend sisters namely, the late Rev. Sisters Jane and Rosette. The school has academic ties [...]

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History of Senior High Schools in Ghana: Abuakwa State College (Part 2)

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:50:17 +0000

It turned out that what they have set out to do was an extraordinary undertaking which required more resources and extra support than they had envisaged. It was at this juncture that Mr. Aaron Ofori Atta also known as Kofi Asante Ofori Atta who later became a Cabinet Minister in the First Republic came into [...]

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History of Senior High Schools in Ghana: Abuakwa State College

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:43:39 +0000

Abuakwa State College is a co-ed second cycle institution in Kibi in Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1936 by three elders of the Methodist Church at Asafo-Akyem as a preparatory institution to prepare Ghanaian students who wanted to sit the then Junior Cambridge Examination. It was relocated to Kyebi in 1967 [...]

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History of Senior High Schools in Ghana: Aggrey Memorial A.M.E Zion SHS

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:33:47 +0000

Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Secondary School was founded on 22nd January, 1940 by the late Rev. Dr. A. W. E. Appiah with six boys. He named the school Aggrey Memorial College after his late Uncle Dr. J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey. His aim was to perpetuate the memory of his uncle by means of an institution, [...]

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History of Senior High Schools in Ghana: Aburi Girls SHS

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:26:49 +0000

Aburi Girls Senior High School was formally established as a secondary school for girls in the year 1946. However, its origin dates as far back as 1852, when the Basel Mission opened a school at primary level for girls at their mission station inside the town. The primary school continued until its takeover by the [...]

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History of Senior High Schools in Ghana: Osei Tutu SHS

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:22:23 +0000

The Methodist church established the school in 1940, apparently to fill a vacuum left by the establishment of Mmofraturo Girls Boarding School. The Church needed a middle boarding school for only boys. The school started in a located directly opposite Freeman College, Kumasi, Ghana. Within a few years, the enrolment shot up and as a [...]

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