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Location

Kumasi Girls is located at
Abrepo Abrepo is a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is also the location for Kumasi Girls Senior High School Location Kumasi Girls is located at Abrepo, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ...
, a suburb of
Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...
in the
Ashanti region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
of
Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. The school is adjacent to the County hospital.


History

The school was started as a private secondary school for girls by Caxton Williams, a Sierra Leonean in 1953. Kumasi Girls' Senior High School (KUGISS) was first situated at Susanso, near
Bomso Bomso is a town in Ghana. It is 10 kilometres from the centre Kumasi. It is a dormitory town. Bomso is unofficially divided into three parts namely Bomso (Panin) meaning elder or senior and Bomso ketiwa (small) and Bomso Susuanso. Apart from bei ...
Junction on the Kumasi-Accra road. In the early 1960s, the proprietor moved the school to
Old Tafo Old Tafo is the oldest town in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area in the Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. It is the home of the famous Ohum Festival, the only festival widely celebrated by the people of Akyem A ...
where it remained in rented premises until 1992 when the school was moved to its present and permanent site at Abrepo. The government took over the administration of the school in the year 1963.


Alliance

Kumasi Girls maintains an ongoing alliance with their boys' school,
Kumasi High School Kumasi High School, often referred to as KUHIS, is a category A boys' senior high school in the Ashanti Region, Ashanti region of Ghana. It was established in 1962, by S. K. Amoah. The school is regarded as one of the best senior high schools ...
called MMRAHEMMAA.


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High schools in Ghana Education in Kumasi Girls' schools in Ghana Educational institutions established in 1953 1953 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony) {{Ghana-school-stub