Suhum Secondary Technical School

Suhum Secondary Technical School SUTESCO
Address
P. O. Box 201 Suhum Ghana
Coordinates	6°02′08″N0°27′12″W / 6.0356°N 0.4533°W / 6.0356; -0.4533
Information
Type	co-educational boarding school
Motto	Nothing but the Best
Religious affiliation(s)	Non-denominational Christian
Established	1963 (62 years ago)
Founder	Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
School board	Board of Governors
School district	New Juabeng South Municipal
Authority	Ministry of Education
Oversight	Ghana Education Service
Grades	Forms 1–3 (Grades 6-12)
Gender	Co-educational (Boys/Girls)
Age range	14 to 19 years
Language	English
Campus	Suhum Roundabout
Campus type	Residential garden-style setting
Houses	4
Color(s)	Yellow and Black
Slogan	Akan: Abenfo
Courses	General Science Technical General Arts STEM Business

Suhum Secondary Technical School (SUTESCO) is a co-ed secondary technical school in Suhum in the Eastern Region of Ghana founded in 1963 and also was the first secondary technical school to be built in the Eastern Region of Ghana ^[1]

History

SUTESCO was founded in 1963 by the then head of state, Kwame Nkrumah with a student population of 71. The school, which started as an all-boys school became a co-ed school in 1991 after the 2987 reforms. As at 2013, the school had population of 1500 with about 250 being girls. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa - Director General of the Ghana Education Service
• Professor Victor Gadzekpo - Ghanaian academic, former Vice-Chancellor of Data Link University College
• Professor Samuel Sraku Lartey - Vice-Chancellor of Presbyterian University College
• Patrick Darko Missah - Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service
• David Asante-Apeatu - Inspector General of Police Ghana Police Service
• Sylvanus Dodji jeoffrey (Captain Planet of 4x4)- musician
• Richard Asante(Kalybos)-Actor
• Kwadjo Asante - Former Member of Parliament, Suhum (Ghana parliament constituency)

References

1. "Akufo-Addo appoints Patrick Darko Missah as acting Director-General of Prisons". 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
2. "SUTESCO makes progress at 50". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2025-04-09.