Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School

Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School
Address
Bolgatanga Upper East Region Bolgatanga Ghana
Coordinates	10°48′25″N0°52′15″W / 10.8068712°N 0.8707845°W / 10.8068712; -0.8707845
Information
School type	GES, All Girls School
Motto	Unity, Equality and Patriotism [1]
Established	1956 [1]
School district	Bolgatanga
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Gender	Girls
Age	13to 20
Average class size	35
Classes offered	Home Economics, Science, General Arts, Visual Arts, Business
Language	English
Hours in school day	8½
Classrooms	39
Houses	7
Colour(s)	Red & White
Nickname	Pogmenka
Accreditation	GES/MoE
School fees	FREE 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]

School Code

0090401 ^[5]

School Category

Category A ^[6]

References

1. "Bolga Girls Senior High" (PDF). Ghana Senior High Schools Annual Digest. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
2. "Ghana Campus News - Senior High Schools in Ghana". GhCampus. Archived from the original on 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
3. "Student of Bolgatanga Girls SHS asked to stop writing final exam". GhanaWeb. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
4. "GES to investigate Sxx Scandal at Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School". spynewsagency. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
5. "Bolgatanga Girls Senior High | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
6. "Bolgatanga Girls Senior High | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh. Retrieved 2025-05-13.