Koforidua Senior High Technical School, is one of the best secondary technical schools in Ghana. The school is located at Koforidua, the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua Secondary technical also called ''Sec-Tech'', is a Senior

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located in

Koforidua Koforidua, also popularly known as K-dua or Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua was founded in 1875 by migrants from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben. The city has a settlement city proper popu ...

in the Eastern Region of

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. , the school has over 2,200 students.

History

The school was established in the year 1967 by Dr.

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. It was the second secondary technical school after Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in

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. The school began as an all-boys school. Girls were later admitted for the first time in 1991, but only made up 5% of the student population in 2001.Till date the population of girls has not improved, therefore many people including student think it should be made a permanent all-boys school. The school taught mainly General Science and Technicals after its establishment but eventually added other courses over the years as it goes by.

Facilities

The Old Students association, named after the school slogan Mmarima Mma, began constructing a ¢7,000,000 assembly hall in 2018.The school has four houses and two other houses are under construction. The school has the nicest dining hall in Koforidua

Academics

Academically, the school is well-noted. The school is classed among the Class A schools in Ghana. In 2011 the first four-year program badge of the school set an unprecedented record in making the highest passes in the West African Senior High School Council Examination (WASSCE) with a maximum of 200 students getting A+ in all eight examinations. 488 students were registered for the WASSCE and 485 students passed in eight subjects. Making the school the 2nd best in the Eastern Region after St. Peters Senior High School. The school has made great improvements throughout the years. In 2012, the results were impressive bringing out more than 16 students scoring 8 A's in the WASSCE examinations and many more number of 7 A's.

Notable alumni

* Benedict Ernest Donkor, a Ghanaian pilot * DJ Aroma, a Ghanaian DJ * Vision DJ,a Ghanaian Dj *

Prince Tagoe Prince Tagoe (born 9 November 1986) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Chittagong Abahani and is currently working as a sports television panellist along with Charles Taylor on Angel TV sports programme. Bor ...

,a Ghanaian Footballer * Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, a Ghanaian writer * Wutah Kobby, Ghanaian Musician * Frederick Mintah, Founder at GDS Consulting gdsconsulting.Africa * Samuel Nii Odai,

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, Accra Technical University * Jonathan Amoako Baah, CEO GRIDCO

In Pictures

File:KSTS Campus.JPG, Conducive campus environment File:KSTS Science Laboratory Block.JPG, Science Laboratory Block File:KSTS Administration Block.JPG, Administration Block

References

External links

Website
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