Northern School of Business ''also'' known as NOBISCO is a mixed-gender school found in Tamale in the

Northern Region of Ghana The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is located in the north of the country and was the largest of the sixteen regions, covering an area of 70,384 square kilometres or 31 percent of Ghana's area until December 2018 when ...

History

Mr. A. S. O. Arthur founded the Northern School of Business, as it is now called, as a private institution in 1972. After that, the school was housed in a temporary building lacking piped water, electricity, and other necessities for a typical establishment. In 1976, the school became a part of the public system. In 1991, it was transformed into a Senior Secondary School. The current headmaster is Alhassan Issah Dokurugu.

Population

The school had more than 3,000 students enrolled as of November 2022, and roughly 227 teaching and support staff members.

Programs offered

* Business * General Science * General Arts * Home Economics

Vision

To give its students a top-notch education so they can earn the credentials needed to continue their education in post-secondary institutions, and grow into law-abiding, contributing citizens prepared to take on leadership roles in the nation's efforts to combat poverty and advance

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. It also encourages extracurricular activities that are essential for the development of human resources.

School infrastructure

Alumni

The school's alumni include Ghana's Northern Regional Minister, Shani Alhassan Shaibu; Deputy Energy Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam Anta; and Vice Chancellor for the University for Development Studies, Professor Seidu Al-Hassan.

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Ghana Tamale, Ghana Boarding schools High schools in Ghana