Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0070602
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1953
About Kpando Senior High
Kpando Senior High, commonly called KPASEC, began in 1953 as Kpando Day Secondary School. It started with only nine students at the Kpando Community Centre before growing into a large mixed day-and-boarding school.
The motto, Lux et Veritas, means "Light and Truth." It reflects an educational tradition that combines knowledge with integrity and service.
The options at KPASEC are Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts; compare their subjects on the programme pages.
Programmes Offered
6 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Kpando Senior High was established on 26 January 1953 as Kpando Day Secondary School under Ghana's Accelerated Development Plan for Education.
A history reported during the school's anniversary preparations records the 1953 establishment and the motto Lux et Veritas.
The school began with nine students and later developed boarding facilities as enrolment expanded. Old students are organised through KOSA, the Kpando Secondary School Old Students Association.
KPASEC's story begins with a tiny day school and becomes the story of a school that kept expanding as secondary education reached more families in the Volta Region.
Academics
The current register lists Agricultural Science, Business, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts and General Science at Kpando Senior High.
Six programmes give you several routes, but the subjects and practical requirements differ sharply between them.
Before choosing Visual Arts at KPASEC, read the Visual Arts guide and check the subject mix.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
Entry to Kpando Senior High starts with the choices you make after BECE. Look at the subjects in Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts, not only the KPASEC name.
KPASEC has day and boarding students, but your placement will say which applies to you. Read it on the CSSPS website.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
KPASEC's growth has created a continuing need for learning space, furniture and modern technology facilities.
During the school's 70th-anniversary preparations, a GBC Ghana report documented plans by KOSA to support a robotics and cybersecurity centre, refurbish the ICT centre and strengthen science learning.
Old students have also provided desks, teachers' furniture, streetlights and a mechanised borehole for a boys' dormitory.
Student Life
KOSA gives current students a visible connection to generations of KPASEC graduates. Alumni support goes beyond anniversary speeches and includes practical projects around teaching, accommodation and technology.
Students also participate in sport, clubs, leadership, science activities and academic competition.
The motto Lux et Veritas asks students to connect learning with truthfulness rather than treating academic success as the only measure of a good education.
Accommodation
Kpando Senior High has both day and boarding students. Boarders at KPASEC stay on campus for meals and evening study, while day students go home after school activities.
Boarding adds a different level of independence and community, but it also makes water, lighting, dormitory space and furniture part of everyday school life.
Your KPASEC placement will tell you whether you are joining as a boarder or a day student.