Gambaga Girls Senior High
GAGISH
Key school facts
- Category
- C
- School code
- 0080504
- Gender
- Girls
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
About Gambaga Girls Senior High
Gambaga Girls Senior High, commonly called GAGISH, is a public girls' day-and-boarding school in East Mamprusi. The school was created specifically to expand educational opportunity for girls in northern Ghana.
You can study Business, General Arts, General Science and Home Economics at GAGISH; check the programme pages to see how the options differ.
Programmes Offered
4 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Gambaga Girls Senior High was established in the late 2000s as a girls' second-cycle school in Gambaga, with a strong focus on widening educational opportunity for young women.
An East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly report identifies GAGISH as one of the municipality's established senior high schools and records continued public investment in its classrooms and dormitory infrastructure.
The school's defining feature is not simply that it is girls-only. Its wider purpose is to create an environment where girls can pursue secondary education with strong academic and residential support.
Academics
The academic options at Gambaga Girls Senior High cover Business, General Arts, General Science and Home Economics.
Agricultural Science, Technical and Visual Arts are not part of the programme list.
For a closer look at Business at GAGISH, start with the Business guide.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
Select Gambaga Girls Senior High through the national placement system after BECE. Compare the subjects in Business, General Arts, General Science and Home Economics before settling on GAGISH.
If you get a place at GAGISH, your placement will show whether you are a boarder or a day student. Check your GAGISH result on the CSSPS website.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
School information lists classrooms, a computer laboratory, dormitory blocks, an administration block, dining hall and library.
Municipal records also document additional classroom and dormitory projects intended to reduce pressure on the school's facilities.
Student Life
Student life combines academic work with sport, clubs, leadership and boarding-house activities in an all-girls environment.
The school's mission is centred on giving girls a supportive setting in which they can build confidence, knowledge and independence.
Accommodation
Students at Gambaga Girls Senior High may attend as day students or boarders. Those boarding at GAGISH stay on campus during the term.
Do not assume you have boarding at GAGISH; check what is written on your placement.