Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi

Islamic Senior High School was established in 1967 by members of the Ghana Muslim Mission in Ashanti. The first intake was small, with 13 students, including one girl.

An Ohio State University study on Islamic education in Ghana draws on interviews at the school and records how the founders wanted Muslim youth to gain secular secondary education without losing Islamic discipline and values.

The school later entered the public system while keeping that Islamic identity. Its mission has remained explicitly non-discriminatory, combining religious formation with nationally recognised secondary education.

ISSEC was created to close an access gap, not to isolate students from the wider education system.

The current school register lists Business, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science at Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi.

That gives students academic, creative and practical options within the same school. General Science has a different workload and later option from Business, while Home Economics and Visual Arts require more hands-on work.

Thinking about Business at ISSEC? The Business guide lists the subjects you would take at ISSEC.

You can choose Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi through the national placement system after BECE. Before adding ISSEC to your list, compare the subjects in Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.

The school's Islamic identity does not mean admission is limited to Muslim students. The school's stated mission is to provide Islamic and secular education without discrimination.

If you get a place at ISSEC, your placement will show whether you are a boarder or a day student. Check your ISSEC result on the CSSPS website.

ISSEC serves a mixed day-and-boarding population, so classrooms and practical learning spaces sit alongside residential and student-life facilities.

Programmes at Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi depend on different resources. General Science needs laboratory access, Home Economics needs specialist practical space and Visual Arts requires room for creative work.

Islamic values shape ISSEC, but student life also includes sport, clubs, leadership and other activities shared by a mixed school community.

A school activity record notes an Ashanti regional women's football championship, a useful reminder that girls are active participants in the school's wider clubs and activities.

The school community often uses the name Asotiefo, while ISSEC remains the familiar short form students and old students use for the school.

Students at Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi may attend as day students or boarders. Those boarding at ISSEC stay on campus during the term.

Do not assume you have boarding at ISSEC; check what is written on your placement.