Tarkwa Senior High School

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Tarkwa Senior High School
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Tarkwa Senior High School
P. O. Box 47 Tarkwa, Western Region

Coordinates 5°17′30″N2°00′14″W / 5.29165°N 2.00401°W / 5.29165; -2.00401
Information
Type Public high school
MottoCarpe Diem (Seize The Opportunity)
Established1961(63 years ago) (1961)
Founder Kwame Nkrumah
StatusActive
School district Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal District
Oversight Ministry of Education
Gender Coed
Age14to 18
Classes offeredBusiness, general arts, general science, visual arts
LanguageEnglish
Houses9

Tarkwa Senior High School is a co-educational senior high school in the mining town of Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. [1]

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History

The school was founded in 1961 by the first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, under the accelerated Development Plan for Education when Ghana attained independence. [2]

Houses

The school has a total of 8 houses ( 4 for boys and 4 for girls).

HOUSES
Boys houseGirls House
BolsoverAma Saa
Fabil Nightingale
Sarbah Yaa Asantewaa
AggreyNyaniba

Notable alumni

Courses

See also

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References

  1. Aziabah, Maxwell A. (2018), "Analysis and Presentation of Results", The Politics of Educational Reform in Ghana, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 83–152, ISBN   978-3-319-93760-1 , retrieved 29 June 2024
  2. [ dead link ] "Tarkwa SHS – Brief History". tarkwashs.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.