Ghana Senior High School (Tamale)
Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco) is a co-educational second cycle institution located in Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5]
History[edit]
Ghanasco was originally called Ghana College. The school was established in 1960 by the Government of Ghana, under Kwame Nkrumah, as one of the Ghana Education Trust Schools.[6] It has a student population of about 2,800.[7] It is the second largest school in the northern region after Tamale Senior High School (Tamasco).[8] The first headmaster of the school was Kenneth Luther Purser, a Jamaican. Master Abu Kassim Tahidu from Kwame Danso in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana was the first senior prefect.[9]
Key areas[edit]
The administration block, the old dining hall, the new larger dining hall/ jams hall, the arts/ PTA block, the science block, the science laboratories including home economics laboratory, the mosque, Nkrumah house, Gbewaa house, Cabral/Gbanzaba house, Dakpema and purser house are boys dormitories. The girls dormitories include; indice 1, indice 2 house, annex 1, annex 2 house and Lordina house, the headmaster's bungalow and the teachers' bungalows. The Ghanasco dam is used by surrounding communities including Kukuo and students of Ghana Senior High School.
Courses Offered[edit]
The institution provides five main academic programs.
- General Arts
- General science
- Business
- Home economics
- Agricultural science[10]
Achievements[edit]
In 2019, the school beat Armed Forces Senior High School and New Juaben Senior High School in the Ghana National Science and Maths Quiz, which qualified them to the quarter-finals in 2019.[11][12]
In June 1970, a historic feat was chalked by the school when Mr. Lalaji, a mathematics teacher and his science students invented a rocket. On 22 June 1970, the rocket was launched in the school with the Minister of Education Mr. William Offori-Attah in attendance.[9]
Former headmasters[edit]
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Year | Name |
1960–1964 | Mr. Kenneth L. Purser |
1964–1967 | Mr. B. O. Ayittey |
1967–1969 | Mr. A. F. Clayton |
Sept. 1969–1970 | Mr. W. A. Ofori |
1970–1973 | Mr. Adu |
1973–1981 | Alhaji B. A. Fuseini |
1981–1982 | Mr. Mahama Adam (AG) |
1982–1983 | Mr. S. M. Amankwa |
1983–1986 | Mr. Mahama Adam (AG) |
1986–1988 | Mr. L. M. Awuni (AG) |
1988–1990 | Mr. E. K. Kudiabor |
1990–1991 | Mr. A. A. Daramanu |
1991–1998 | Mr. Bolina Saaka |
1998–2001 | Alhaji Amadu Belko |
Feb. 2001 – Oct. 2001 | Mrs. Mary Asobayire Dan-Braimah (AG) |
Oct. 2001–2004 | Alhaji Mahamadu Saani Abdul-Rahman |
2005–2008 | Alhaji T. A. Mahama |
2004–2005 | Mr. J. B. Dakorah |
2008–2016 | Mrs. Mary Asobayire Dan-Braimah |
2016–Present | Hajia Amina Musah[13] |
Notable alumni[edit]
See also, Category:Ghana Senior High School (Tamale) alumni
- Abdulai Abanga
- Joseph Bawa Akamba
- Yakubu Alhassan
- Alhassan Andani[14]
- Moses Asaga
- Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal[15]
- Hassan Ayariga
- Mahama Ayariga
- Kwame Ayew
- Nayon Bilijo
- Sulley Gariba
- Abdul-Samed Muhamed Gunu
- John Jinapor[16]
- John Dramani Mahama[17]
- Lordina Mahama[17]
- Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed
- Abedi Pele
- Alhassan Suhuyini
- Prof Nafiu (Dean of Students- School of Allied Health Sciences, UDS)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Government rescues GHANASCO with GH¢410,389". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Old students of GHANASCO donate to alma mater". GhanaNewsAgency. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "GHANASCO Needs Attention To Escape Being Drowned In A Sea Of Filth". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Bawumbia Puts John Mahama to Shame at GHANASCO Speech and Prize Giving". Tudunews. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "15 students of GHANASCO arrested for rioting". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Old Ghanascans storm Kumasi". Graphic Online. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Ghana Senior High School -". 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco) (Tamale)". Wikimapia. 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "History". ghanascan.wordpress.com. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Gh, Sky News (2022-05-16). "Ghana Senior High School Tamale Courses And Details - Sky News Gh". Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "NSMQ 2019: Ghana SHS dumps Armed Forces, New Juabeng for Quarterfinal". Myjoyonline. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ Obour, Samuel (2016-06-29). "Here are all the winners of National Science and Maths Quiz since 1994". Yen - Ghana news. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ Amoh, Emmanuel Kwame (2020-07-26). "GHANASCO headmistress worried over state of dormitories". 3news. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "I wore my first sandals when I gained admission into Ghanasco - Alhassan Andani reveals". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "The Minister- Ministry of Business Development". Ministry of Business Development. 2017.
- ^ Ibrahimah, Oga Seidu. "Ghanasco, Tamale, Sends Out Distress Call To Her Sons And Daughters". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b "A Love Letter To OGA John Dramani Mahama". peace fm online Mobile. Retrieved 2019-10-03.