Nkawkaw Senior High
KAWSEC
Key school facts
- Category
- B
- School code
- 0021004
- Gender
- Mixed
- Residential
- Day & Boarding
- Established
- 1969
About Nkawkaw Senior High
Nkawkaw Senior High, widely known as KAWSEC, emerged from the closure of the old Nkawkaw Training College and opened as a secondary school in 1969. Rt. Rev. Victor Buer Nartey-Tokoli played a central role in turning that transition into a new opportunity for young people in the area.
The motto, "Education for Service," captures the founding idea well. Learning was not supposed to end with personal advancement; it was meant to prepare students to contribute to their communities and country.
You can study Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts at KAWSEC; check the programme pages to see how the options differ.
Programmes Offered
6 listedExplore the programmes currently verified for this school.
History
KAWSEC opened in 1969 after Nkawkaw Training College was closed. Rt. Rev. Victor Buer Nartey-Tokoli helped secure the site, build support for the new secondary school and encourage families to enrol their children.
A 50th-anniversary reflection by old students records an initial population of 25 students and seven teachers, rising to 70 students by the end of the first year.
The early intake included young people whose education might otherwise have ended, including former student teachers, workers and students who had fallen out of the normal school path.
That makes KAWSEC's foundation unusually practical: the school was built to rescue educational opportunity for people who still had ability but no obvious route forward.
Academics
Students at Nkawkaw Senior High can choose Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.
Six programmes give you options, but they do not lead to the same subjects or the same tertiary requirements.
For a closer look at Home Economics at KAWSEC, start with the Home Economics guide.
Admissions & Entry Guidance
To apply to Nkawkaw Senior High, include it in your school choices after BECE. Look at the subjects in Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts, not only the KAWSEC name.
Check the CSSPS website for your KAWSEC result. If you are placed at KAWSEC, the result will say whether you are a day student or a boarder.
School placement is managed through CSSPS.
Facilities
Public profiles of KAWSEC list classroom blocks, a library and a computer laboratory among the facilities supporting teaching and learning.
The school also operates a boarding system, which means accommodation, dining, sanitation and supervision matter alongside academic spaces.
Student Life
KAWSEC's old-student community has kept the phrase "Education for Service" closely connected to the school's identity.
Anniversary accounts repeatedly return to the founder's effort to give educational opportunity to students who might otherwise have been left behind. That history gives service a concrete meaning rather than turning it into an abstract slogan.
Sport, clubs, leadership and academic competition give current students their own ways to contribute and develop.
Accommodation
Nkawkaw Senior High runs day and boarding arrangements. Day students leave after school activities, while KAWSEC boarders continue with meals and evening study on campus.
When your KAWSEC placement arrives, look for the part that says day or boarding.