Chiraa Senior High

Chiraa Senior High was established on 27 September 1982 as a community school. The first 74 students and four teachers used buildings that had previously served the Chiraa Day Care Centre.

The Ghana Education Service annual digest records that the school was absorbed into the government-assisted public system in 1989.

That distinction is important because 1989 marks the public-system transition, not the beginning of the school itself.

CHASS started because a community created a school before the state formally absorbed it, and that local beginning remains an important part of its identity.

Programme choices at Chiraa Senior High include Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.

Those programmes cover science, commerce, practical work, creativity and the humanities, but each has a different combination of electives and assessment demands.

Before choosing Visual Arts at CHASS, read the Visual Arts guide and check the subject mix.

GES profiles list science, computer and Home Economics or Visual Arts laboratory facilities at CHASS, while the boarding system adds another layer of accommodation and welfare needs.

Infrastructure investment has included additional classroom blocks and dormitories. Graphic Online reported community appreciation for new girls' dormitories and expanded classroom space after earlier pressure from enrolment growth.

CHASS students take part in sport, clubs, leadership and academic activities beyond their normal timetable.

The school's motto, "Victory Through God," connects its values to persistence and discipline rather than promising that success comes easily.

Community involvement has been part of Chiraa Senior High from the beginning, which gives students a reminder that the school was created through local effort before it became a public school.