Kpando Senior High School formerly known as Kpando Secondary School is a second cycle

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institution in the

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of the

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. One of the three second cycle schools in the Kpando township and arguably the best Senior High School in the Kpando Municipality as well as in the

. It runs all the Senior High School Courses approved by the

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. Kpando Senior High School improves quality teaching and learning due to the availability of facilities ranging from furnished classroom blocks, art studio, science laboratory, well stocked library and staff. In 2016, she ranked at 38th position in the WAEC results rankings. It has facilities for sports and other extracurricular activities.

History

The school was founded in 1953 as a non-denominational secondary school operating out of the Kpando Community Centre with 9 students. At the time, it was called the 'Kpando Day Secondary School' because it was purely a day school. By 1954 there were 66 students, including 2 female students, and 4 members of staff. The staff consisted of Mr F.S. Dzide, Mr. E.K. Asamoa, Mr. F.K. Gollo, and the first headmaster Mr N.J.C Bowron. The first school building was a temporary structure with asbestos sheet walls completed in 1955 at a cost of £2,263. The first female graduate teacher to join the staff was Mrs M.M.S Tetteh in 1958. In 1967, under the leadership of the then headmaster Mr Purser, the school was granted full boarding status by the Ministry of Education and changed its name to Kpandu Secondary School.

Education

Kpando Senior High School popularly called 'Kpasec' on June 29, 2019, became the first senior high school from the Volta Region to make it to the quarter finals stage of the 2019 National Science & Mathematics Quiz. They beat contenders Kumasi High School and Aburi Girls' Shs in the sixteenth One-Eighth contest.

Notable alumni

* Emmanuel Yao Adzator - former Director-General of the

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References

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