Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0020401
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1971
About Nifa Senior High
Nifa Senior High in Adukrom began in 1971 after the phasing out of the former Adukrom Teacher Training College. The change responded to a straightforward local problem: more boys and girls in the area needed access to full secondary education.
The first intake consisted of 70 boys. Girls joined the following year, and the school adopted the name "Nifa" in 1973 to reflect one of the traditional divisions of Akuapem.
Students at NISEC can choose Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts, with the programme pages showing what each choice covers.
Programmes Offered
6 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
Nifa Senior High was established in 1971 after the former Adukrom Teacher Training College was phased out.
A school history records that 70 boys formed the first intake on 16 October 1971. The first 20 girls were admitted in October 1972 and initially housed in a nearby hostel.
The name Nifa was adopted in 1973 to connect the school more clearly with the Nifa traditional division of Akuapem.
NISEC's early history is really about access. A teacher-training campus was repurposed because the surrounding communities needed more secondary-school places for both boys and girls.
Academics
Programme choices at Nifa Senior High include Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.
That gives you a broad range, but the programmes differ significantly in electives, practical work and the kinds of tertiary courses they can support.
The Agricultural Science guide shows what students study in that option at NISEC.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
To apply to Nifa Senior High, include it in your school choices after BECE. Check whether the NISEC programmes (Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts) include the subjects you want.
When placements are released, check your NISEC result on the CSSPS website and note whether it says day or boarding.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
NISEC has grown to a student population far larger than its early facilities were designed to serve.
In 2026, an alumnus renovated a classroom and donated furniture valued at more than GH¢100,000. School leadership used the occasion to explain that enrolment had outgrown existing infrastructure and appealed for further support.
Student Life
NOSSA and other old-student groups remain actively involved in NISEC through renovation, sanitation and school-development projects.
That alumni connection gives current students a visible example of people returning to improve the school after building careers elsewhere.
Accommodation
Nifa Senior High takes day students as well as boarders. Meals, evening study and dormitory routines are part of the week for boarders at NISEC.
When your NISEC placement arrives, look for the part that says day or boarding.