Bompeh Senior High Technical School
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Bompeh Senior High Technical School is a senior high school located in
Sekondi-Takoradi Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city and an indus ...
in the Western Region of
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History

The school used to be one of the Axim Road Middle Schools. It was selected, expanded and developed into a
junior high school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school ...
by the
Ghana Education Service The Ghana Education Service (GES) is a government agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for implementing government policies that ensure that Ghanaians of school-going age irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, disability, religiou ...
in September 1976 and was named Axim Road Experimental Junior High School. In October 1985, upon the request of the Regional Directorate, the Director General of Education service upgraded the school to a
senior high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
level and the school was christened Bompeh Day Secondary School after the deceased Sekondi chief who showed much interest in education matters during his reign. It was not, however, until 1989 that the first batch of O/L students were presented. Former students of the school are popularly known as Young Royals, and students in the school are called Bompehrian.


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Notable alumni

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See also

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Education in Ghana Before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites, education in Ghana was mainly informal and based on apprenticeship. Economic activities in pre-colonial Ghana were based on farm produce ...
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List of schools in Ghana This is a list of notable schools in the African country of Ghana. A * Aburi Girls’ Senior High School, Aburi, Eastern Region * Accra Academy, in Kaneshie, Greater Accra Region * Aburi Secondary Technical School, in Aburi, Eastern Reg ...


References

1985 establishments in Ghana Educational institutions established in 1985 High schools in Ghana Sekondi-Takoradi Technical schools Education in the Western Region (Ghana) {{Ghana-school-stub