Kaneshie Senior High/Tech.
KATECO
Key school facts
- Category
- C
- School code
- 0010120
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day
- Established
- 1958
About Kaneshie Senior High/Tech.
Kaneshie Senior High/Tech, often called KATECO, is a mixed public day school in Kaneshie. It has a long history in Accra and combines technical education with general programmes.
KATECO offers Applied Technology, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts; the programme pages explain the subjects in each option.
Programmes Offered
5 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Kaneshie Senior High Technical was established in 1958 at Mataheko as a private school and became government-assisted in 1959.
A current school profile records that history and the school's present public day-school status.
The school has spent decades balancing academic study with a technical identity in the middle of Accra.
Academics
The academic options at Kaneshie Senior High/Tech cover Applied Technology, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.
The technical programme at Kaneshie Senior High/Tech includes Applied Electricity, Building Construction Technology, Metal Work and Woodwork.
For a closer look at General Science at KATECO, start with the General Science guide.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
Students apply to Kaneshie Senior High/Tech. through the national placement system after BECE. Compare the subjects in Applied Technology, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts before settling on KATECO.
An old KATECO cut-off shows what happened in an earlier year, not what your own result will be.
Check your KATECO placement on the CSSPS website. Because KATECO is a day school, make sure the journey from home is workable.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
School information lists classrooms, a science laboratory, computer laboratory, library and technical laboratories.
Those practical spaces matter because technical and science subjects cannot be taught properly through theory alone.
Student Life
Student life combines lessons, technical work, clubs, sport and leadership activities.
The school's long history and central Accra location give it a strong urban day-school identity.
Accommodation
There is no student boarding at Kaneshie Senior High/Tech.; everyone travels to and from school each day.
Talk through the daily trip to KATECO with your family before accepting the place.