Keta Senior High/Tech
KETASCO
Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0070502
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1953
About Keta Senior High/Tech
Keta Senior High Technical, widely known as KETASCO, was founded in 1953 and has grown from a small day school in rented premises into one of the best-known secondary schools in the Volta Region.
Its motto, Dzo Lali, is closely associated with the school's "Now or Never" spirit.
KETASCO offers Agricultural Science, Business, Technical, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science.
The options at KETASCO are Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts; compare their subjects on the programme pages.
Programmes Offered
7 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
KETASCO was officially founded on 27 February 1953 in rented premises at Dzelukope.
The school's official history records Nathan Quao as the first headmaster and describes the move to a permanent campus as the school expanded.
The story is one of steady growth from a small local day school into a large mixed school with academic and technical programmes.
Academics
Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts make up the programme list at Keta Senior High/Tech.
The school's own programme pages show a broad range of elective combinations, including technical and science options.
Before choosing General Science at KETASCO, read the General Science guide and check the subject mix.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
You can choose Keta Senior High/Tech through the national placement system after BECE. Look closely at the subjects in Agricultural Science, Applied Technology, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts before deciding on KETASCO.
If you get a place at KETASCO, your placement will show whether you are a boarder or a day student. Check your KETASCO result on the CSSPS website.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
KETASCO's long growth has produced a campus with classrooms, laboratories, technical learning spaces, boarding facilities and specialist departments.
A Ghana News Agency report documented major infrastructure investment at the school, including a Visual Arts Department building.
Student Life
KETASCO has a large old-student network and a strong identity built around academic competition, sport, houses, clubs and school traditions.
The phrase "Now or Never" captures the urgency students often associate with the school culture.
Accommodation
Both day students and boarders attend Keta Senior High/Tech. At KETASCO, boarders remain on campus after lessons while day students travel home.
Do not assume you have boarding at KETASCO; check what is written on your placement.