Barekese Senior High School

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Barekese Senior High School
Location
Ashanti Region

Barekese

Ghana
Coordinates 6°51′04″N1°43′36″W / 6.8510°N 1.7267°W / 6.8510; -1.7267 Coordinates: 6°51′04″N1°43′36″W / 6.8510°N 1.7267°W / 6.8510; -1.7267
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TypeCoeducational public high school
MottoBlazing the Trail
Established11 October 2004(14 years ago) (2004-10-11)
StatusActive
HeadmasterEmmanuel K. Asiedu
GenderBoys and girls
Age14to 18
LanguageEnglish
Nickname Basec
Alumni,

Barekese Senior High School ('Basec) is a coeducational high school in Barekese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Barekese is a town in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ghana. It is home to the Barekese Dam and Barekese Senior High School.

Ashanti Region Region in Ghana

The Ashanti Region is located in south Ghana and is third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) or 10.2 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the most populated region with a population of 4,780,380 according to the 2011 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana's total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its major gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and regional capital is Kumasi.

Ghana Republic in West Africa

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the Soninke language.

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Location

Barekese is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the central part of Kumasi and can be found off the Offinso Road through Abrepo Junction.

Kumasi City in Ashanti, Ghana

Kumasi is a city in Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is near Lake Bosomtwe, in a rain forest region, and is the commercial, industrial and cultural capital of Asanteman. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants. It is also called Oseikrom. The second largest city in Ghana after the capital Accra, Kumasi known as Ghana's second city.

Offinso District Capital in Ashanti Region

Offinso, the once capital of Offinso District is a town in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana - the town is about fifteen minutes drive from Kumasi, the capital of the Region; due to Offinso's proximity to Kumasi, many of the Offinso natives have relocated to Kumasi.

History

The school was established in 2004 and school opened its doors to the first batch of 81 students on 11 October 2004.

The school's establishment was the brain-child of the people of Barekese. The community offered a six-classroom structure, which was the former Primary School for the Barekese Local School, and another block of classroom to house the administrative setup of the school. However, after so many years of toil and fruitless efforts, the Nwabiagya Rural Bank, with its headquarters at Barekese agreed to help establish the school. A school-implementation committee was, therefore, set up by the bank after several meetings with the Town's Unit Committees. Then, in 2004, the then Atwima District Assembly also joined efforts and provided some financial support to help put up some important physical structures in the school. Finally, the school was completed and opened on 11 October 2004.

See also

Education in Ghana

Education in Ghana was mainly informal, and based on apprenticeship before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites. Pre-Independent Ghana was known as the Gold Coast. The economy of pre-colonial Gold Coast was mainly dependent on subsistence farming where farm produce was shared within households and members of each household specialized in providing their household with other necessities such as cooking utilities, shelter, home, clothing and furnitures. Trade with other households was therefore practised in a very small scale. This has made economic activities in pre-colonial Gold Coast a family institution/customs; family-owned and family-controlled. As such, there was no need for employment outside the household that would have otherwise called for discipline(s), value(s) and skill(s) through a formal education system. Pre-colonial Gold Cost therefore practised an informal education (apprenticeship) until it was colonized and its economy became a hybrid of subsistence and formal economy.

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