Tamale Senior High School
Coeducational boarding school in Tamale, Ghana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tamale Senior High School formerly Government Secondary School, Tamale, Gbewaa Secondary School, and more recently Tamale Secondary School is a co-educational second cycle boarding school located at Education Ridge, a suburb of the Sagnarigu Municipality. The school was founded in 1951 by the then British Colonial Authorities as the first second cycle institution of the Northern Territories.[1][2]
Tamale Senior High School | |
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P. O. Box 50 E.R Tamale Education Ridge, Sagnarigu Ghana | |
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School type | Secondary co-educational boarding school |
Motto | Fortiter, Fideliter and Feliciter (Boldly, Faithfully, Successfully) |
Established | 1951; 73 years ago (1951) |
Status | Active |
School board | Board of Governors |
School district | Sagnarigu Municipal District |
Oversight | Ghana Education Service |
Grades | Forms 1–3 (Grades 10–12) |
Gender | Co-ed |
Age range | 14 to 18 years |
Education system | Senior High School |
Language | English |
Nickname | Tamasco |
Rivals | Ghana Senior High School (Tamale) |
The school is a selective school that grants admissions to students in Ghana based on their results in the Basic Education Certificate Examination, and for students outside Ghana, based on a special entrance examination prepared by the school. Courses offered by the school include; Business, General Science, Home Economics, Technical, General Arts, and Visual Arts.[3]
Tamale Senior High School is considered amongst institutions of the highest prestige in Ghana, due to its longstanding history predating independent Ghana, and its prominent alumni.[4] The school can count amongst its ranks; a head of State, two vice presidents of the fourth republic of Ghana, a speaker of parliament, two Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana, two Chiefs of Defence Staff, and a host of government ministers and members of parliament.