Sunyani Senior High School

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Sunyani Senior High School
Address
P. O. Box 156

Sunyani

Bono Region

Sunyani
,
Ghana

Ghana
Information
School type Public High School Coeducational
MottoMe Man Nti Enye Me Nti
(We live not for ourselves only, but for our country also.)
Established30 January 1958
StatusActive
Oversight Ministry of Education
PrincipalMichael Nsiah-Agyapong
Grades10-12
GenderMixed school (Boys & Girls)
Age14to 18
EnrollmentYearly
Classes offeredHome Economics, General Science, General Arts, Business, Visual Arts, Agric Science
LanguageEnglish
Houses8(four each for girls and boys)
Colour(s)Blue
SongWe Sing Rejoice,Proclaim
AthleticsTrack and Field
SportsSoccer,Volleyball,Netball,Basketball
Nickname Asonomma
Rival St. James Seminary Senior High School and Twene Amanfo Senior and Technical High
Website www.susec.edu.gh

Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) is a coeducational second cycle institution in Sunyani in the Bono Region of Ghana.

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History

Sunyani Secondary School popularly known as SUSEC is one of the products of Ghana Education Trust. It was established in 1960 by Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, [1] [2] later Ghana's first President.

The first batch of 36 students, 31 boys and 5 girls, was admitted on 30 October 1960.

On 13 December 1960, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the school, which started with only three teachers and nine non-teaching staff.

Sunyani Secondary School started as a co-educational Institution but after a short time, it was decided to make it a boys' school, and the few girls in the school were sent to Yaa Asantewaa Girls' School, but this was reversed the following year and girls were again admitted.

The first Headmaster of the school was P.D. Quartey.

School symbol

The school's emblem, an elephant, was selected because the name Sunyani is a distorted variant of the name "Ason Dwaee," signifying the location where the legendary hunter and warrior Nana Boahen Korkor, the creator of the Sunyani traditional territory, killed and skinned elephants.

Nkrumah said in Latin that "A man was born not for himself alone but for his country," which inspired the motto "Me man nti enye me nti," which was originally used by the first Headmaster.

The school grew over the years. The number of non-teaching employees increased from nine (9) to one hundred and five (105), while the number of teaching employees has increased from four (4) to one hundred and ninety-eight (198). Four thousand four hundred and thirty-seven (4437) students now[ when? ] make up the student body.

The following figures show the number of students who have passed out of Sunyani Secondary School. Among these are doctors, nurses, lawyers parliamentarians, heads of institutions and departments, teachers, pastors, and businesspeople.

Ordinary Level – G.C.E. (‘O’ Level) Students - 4,213

Advanced Level – G.C.E (“A” Level) Students - 2,020

Senior High School Students - 11400

Head Teachers

HeadteachersTenure in office
Mr. Peter David Quartey1960 — 1967
Mr. E. Obeng - Mensah1967 — 1972
Mr. M. K. Atiemo1972 — 1977
Mr. Thomas Akwasi Adae Owusu1977 — 1980
Mr. M. K. Atigbor1979 — 1986
Mr. Peter Owusu-Donkor1987 — 1990
Mrs. Berlinda S. Addo1990 — 1996
Mr. David Osei –Wusu1996 — 1997
Mr. Joseph Awuah1997 — 2010
Ms. Georgina Boakye2011 — 2017
Mr. Michael Nsiah-Agyapong2017 — 2021
Mr. Gordon Osei Marfo2022 — Date

Programs Offered

COURSES STUDIED

Notable alumni

Education

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References

  1. ↑ "SUSEC celebrates Golden Jubilee in Sunyani | Ghanaian Chronicle". thechronicle.com.gh. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sunyani Senior High celebrates 50th anniversary". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

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