Akome Senior High/Tech
Key school facts
- Category
- C
- School code
- 0070111
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1991
About Akome Senior High/Tech
Akome Senior High/Tech is a mixed day-and-boarding school in Akome in the Volta Region. It opened in 1991 after developing from the earlier experimental junior secondary system.
The school offers Agricultural Science, Business, Applied Technology, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science.
With seven programmes, Akome gives students a broad mix of technical, scientific, business and creative options.
Programmes Offered
7 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Akome Senior High/Tech was officially opened on 28 January 1991 after the earlier experimental junior secondary school was converted into a senior secondary technical institution.
The school serves Akome and surrounding communities in Ho West.
Academics
Akome offers Agricultural Science, Business, Applied Technology, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science.
The Applied Technology route includes applied electricity, building construction technology and woodwork.
Because all seven programme areas are represented, your choice should come down to the electives and the direction you want after SHS.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
If you are coming from JHS, you choose Akome Senior High/Tech and your programme through Ghana's national school-selection and placement system.
Your BECE result matters, but so do the programme you choose and how many places are available.
For official placement services, use the CSSPS portal.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
Akome's programme mix requires classrooms as well as practical spaces for science, technical work, home economics and visual arts.
If you are comparing Akome with another school, look at the facilities tied to your own programme rather than only the overall size of the campus.
Student Life
Student life at Akome includes lessons, boarding routines, sport, clubs and leadership.
Technical and practical programmes also add workshop and project work to the school day, so students can have very different routines depending on what they study.
Accommodation
Akome Senior High/Tech has both day and boarding students.
Boarders stay on campus, while day students return home after lessons and activities.
If you get a place, your placement will show whether you are coming in as a boarder or a day student.