Ghana Senior High School, Tamale

GHANASCO was established in 1960 by the government of Ghana as one of the Ghana Education Trust schools. It opened as Ghana College with 70 boys and was intended to help expand the skilled workforce needed in a newly independent country.

The first headmaster was Kenneth Luther Purser, a Jamaican educator, while Abu Kassim Tahidu became the first senior prefect. The school's early history page records how the original Arts and Science streams developed before the school expanded into a wider secondary school.

One unusual episode came in 1970, when a mathematics teacher and a group of science students built and launched a rocket on the school grounds. The event remains one of the more distinctive stories in GHANASCO's academic history.

The school later adopted the name Ghana Secondary School. Its story is closely tied to the expansion of secondary education in northern Ghana.

GHANASCO prepares students for the WASSCE through six programmes: Agricultural Science, Business, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science.

Before choosing Agricultural Science at GHANASCO, read the Agricultural Science guide and check the subject mix.

Science has a long place in the school's story, from the 1970 rocket project to later participation in science and mathematics competitions. The point is not the headline itself. It is that practical and competitive science has been part of GHANASCO life for decades.

Applications to Ghana Senior High School, Tamale go through the national placement system after BECE. When choosing GHANASCO after BECE, compare the subjects in Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.

When placements are released, check your GHANASCO result on the CSSPS website and note whether it says day or boarding.

GHANASCO has grown from a small post-independence school into a large campus with academic blocks, science spaces, residential houses and areas used for student activities.

Programmes at Ghana Senior High School, Tamale depend on different resources. Science students need laboratory access, Home Economics students need practical workspaces, and Visual Arts students need room for making and presenting creative work.

GHANASCO students are often called GHANASCANS, and the school anthem itself uses that name with pride. The motto, school colours and residential houses all contribute to a strong identity that reaches well beyond the classroom.

The school has produced graduates across business, sport, public service, academia and other fields. A Presidency feature on GHANASCO's anniversary gives a sense of the alumni community and the range of people who still identify closely with the school.

Sport, clubs, competitions and school events give students different ways to become part of campus life. For some, those activities become as memorable as the programme they studied.

Ghana Senior High School, Tamale runs day and boarding arrangements. Day students leave after school activities, while GHANASCO boarders continue with meals and evening study on campus.

When your GHANASCO placement arrives, look for the part that says day or boarding.