West Africa Senior High

West Africa Senior High was founded in 1946 by Rev. J. C. Tettey and Emmanuel Addo. It began in Tudu as the West Africa College of Commerce with only a handful of students.

A Graphic Online history traces the school's movement from Tudu to other parts of Accra before its eventual relocation to Adenta.

The school became government-assisted in 1954 and later took the secondary-school identity generations of students now recognise as WASS.

The school did not grow in one place. Its history is a chain of moves, each one carrying the same school into a larger stage of its development.

The academic options at West Africa Senior High cover Agricultural Science, Business, General Arts, General Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts.

Six programmes give you plenty of choice, but they also make it easy to focus too much on the school name and not enough on the actual subjects. The programme you select will shape your electives, practical work and later admission options.

Before choosing Business at WASS, read the Business guide and check the subject mix.

WASS operates as a mixed day-and-boarding school, so teaching spaces are only one part of the infrastructure students use. Dining, sanitation, security, accommodation and gathering spaces also affect the rhythm of the campus.

A Ghana News Agency report documented an old-student donation of dining-table sets after the school identified a shortage in the canteen.

WASS has an active old-student community through WASSOSA, and different year groups continue to support students with equipment, furniture and mentoring.

A Graphic Online report records alumni donating photocopiers and a digital piano to support teaching and school activities.

Clubs, sport, music, leadership and academic competition create other ways for students to find a place in the school community.