Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School

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Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School
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Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School



Coordinates 10°48′25″N0°52′15″W / 10.8068712°N 0.8707845°W / 10.8068712; -0.8707845
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School typeGES, All Girls School
MottoUnity, Equality and Patriotism [1]
Established1956 [1]
School district Bolgatanga
Oversight Ministry of Education
GenderGirls
Age13to 20
Average class size35
Classes offeredHome Economics, Science, General Arts, Visual Arts, Business
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day
Classrooms39
Houses7
Colour(s)Red & White   
Nickname Pogmenka
AccreditationGES/MoE
School feesFREE SHS

Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, [2] [3] [4] established in 1956 as a girls' middle boarding school and converted to a women's teaching college in 1965 and to a girls' senior high school in 1973. [1]

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