Half Assini Senior High School

Half Assini Senior High School
Address
P. O. Box 60
Half Assini, Western Region
Ghana
Coordinates 5°03′00″N 2°53′00″W / 5.05°N 2.883333°W / 5.05; -2.883333Coordinates: 5°03′00″N 2°53′00″W / 5.05°N 2.883333°W / 5.05; -2.883333
Information
School type Public high school
Motto Only the best is good for Africa
Established 12 August 1960 (1960-08-12)
Founder Kwame Nkrumah
Status Active
School district Jomoro District
Category B
Oversight Ministry of Education
Headmaster Mr. Edjah Kojo
Gender Co-educational
Age 12 to 18
Enrollment 1,500+
Average class size 55
Classes offered Business, general arts, general science, home economics, visual arts
Language English
Houses 4
School colour(s) Blue, yellow and white
Mascot Porcupine
Nickname Osagyefo mba
Accreditation Ghana Education Service
Alumni Half Assini Secondary School Old Students Association (HASSOSA)

Half Assini Senior High School is a coeducational senior high school located at Half Assini in the Western Region of Ghana.[1][2]

History

The school was one of the schools founded by the first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He founded the school with sixty students and four teachers. The school was among the few early established schools in the country (Modern Ghana) and it attracted the best of brains across the continent. Most of the infrastructure in the school now was originally put up by Nkrumah, and sincerely it had one of the best science resource centers in the country at the time.

Student body

The school has about 1,500 students.

See also

References

  1. "PTA provides school with lavatory". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. "Nzemas Celebrate Founder's Day – Daily Guide Ghana". www.dailyguideghana.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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