Kanton Senior High
KANSEC
Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0100401
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1972
About Kanton Senior High
Kanton Senior High in Tumu began life as something different from the school students know today. The school was established in 1962 as a teacher-training college before being converted into a secondary school in 1972 when local demand for second-cycle education became more urgent.
That transition gives KANSEC an unusual educational lineage. The same campus moved from training teachers for basic schools to educating generations of senior high students across Sissala East and the wider Upper West Region.
Students at KANSEC can choose Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts, with the programme pages showing what each choice covers.
Programmes Offered
5 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Kanton's history begins in 1962, when it opened as a Teacher Training College.
A Ghana News Agency account of the school's 60th-anniversary celebration records that the teacher-training college was later converted into a secondary school in 1972.
The change reflected a growing need for secondary education in the area. KANSEC then developed into a mixed day-and-boarding school serving students across Sissala East and beyond.
That history makes Kanton more than an old school. It is a school that changed purpose when the educational needs of the region changed.
Academics
The current register lists Business, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science at Kanton Senior High.
Agricultural Science is not currently offered, so that matters if you are comparing KANSEC with other schools in the Upper West Region.
The Business guide shows what students study in that option at KANSEC.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
Students apply to Kanton Senior High through the national placement system after BECE. Read through the subjects in Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts before making KANSEC one of your choices.
If you get a place at KANSEC, your placement will show whether you are a boarder or a day student. Check your KANSEC result on the CSSPS website.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
KANSEC has benefited from classroom and dormitory expansion, but school leaders continue to identify gaps that affect daily teaching and learning.
A recent report on the school highlighted weak ICT facilities, teacher shortages and sanitation needs even as physical infrastructure improved.
Student Life
KANSEC's old-student community remains closely connected to the school and has been repeatedly called on to support current students and development projects.
The school's long history also gives students a link to former teacher trainees as well as generations of secondary-school graduates.
Accommodation
Both day students and boarders attend Kanton Senior High. At KANSEC, boarders remain on campus after lessons while day students travel home.
Boarding makes dormitory capacity, sanitation, food and supervision part of the school experience because students depend on the campus long after classroom lessons end.
Read the day or boarding detail on your KANSEC placement before your family makes plans.