Esiama Senior High/Tech
Esiama SHTS
Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0040303
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1991
About Esiama Senior High/Tech
Esiama Senior High Technical took its present senior high technical form in 1991, but the site has a much longer educational history reaching back to a government boys' school established during the colonial period.
Today, the school combines academic and technical programmes and serves students from Esiama and beyond in the Ellembelle area.
Esiama SHTS has Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts, and the programme pages can help you compare the subject combinations.
Programmes Offered
7 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Esiama Senior High Technical was upgraded into a senior secondary technical school in 1991. Before that, the site had passed through earlier forms including a Government Boys School, a continuation school and an experimental junior secondary school.
A school history traces that long transition.
The school did not begin from a blank slate in 1991. Its present identity sits on top of several earlier phases of education at Esiama.
Academics
Students at Esiama Senior High/Tech can choose Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.
At Esiama Senior High/Tech, technical electives include Applied Electricity, Auto Mechanics, Building Construction Technology and Woodwork.
Use the Applied Technology guide to compare Applied Technology with the other options at Esiama SHTS.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
Select Esiama Senior High/Tech through the national placement system after BECE. Compare the subjects in Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts before settling on Esiama SHTS.
If you get a place at Esiama SHTS, your placement will show whether you are a boarder or a day student. Check your Esiama SHTS result on the CSSPS website.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
School profiles mention an administration block, library and dormitory facilities at Esiama.
The school also appears in a recent National Schools Inspectorate Authority inspection report, showing that it remains part of the formal quality-assurance system for senior high schools.
Student Life
Student life at Esiama combines classroom work with practical technical learning, sport, clubs and boarding routines.
The mix of programmes brings together students whose interests range from engineering-related subjects to business, science, arts and agriculture.
Accommodation
Both day students and boarders attend Esiama Senior High/Tech. At Esiama SHTS, boarders remain on campus after lessons while day students travel home.
Do not assume you have boarding at Esiama SHTS; check what is written on your placement.