Serwaa Kesse Girls' Senior High School is a female public school located in
Duayaw Nkwanta
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in the
Tano North Municipal District
Tano North Municipal District is one of the six districts in Ahafo Region, Ghana. It was formerly part of the then-larger Tano District since 1988, until the western part of the district was split off to create Tano North District in December 200 ...
in the
Ahafo Region
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of
Ghana
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. In September 2022, they emerged as winners in the 2022
National Business Pitch Competition which was held in
Accra.
History
The school was established in 1965 initially as a Women's
Training College by
Kwame Nkrumah. On 15 August 1970, it was changed into a mixed public secondary school and named as Duayaw Nkwanta Secondary School. Finally in 2003, it was converted into a female senior high and renamed into its current name. The school was named after the First Queen mother of the Duayaw-Nkwanta Traditional Area.
In 2013, the headmistress of the school was Doris Bainn.
In 2018, the headmistress of the school was Mrs. Doris Cobbinah.
In 2019, the school took part in the qualifying stage of the
National Science and Math Quiz.
Junior Achievement award
In 2022, the school took part in the
National Business Pitch Competition organized by the Junior Achievement
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 ...
. It was hosted by the
Academic City University College in
Accra. The competition brought together 16 schools across Ghana. Serwaa Kesse Girls'
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 ...
emerged the winner.
Achievements
* 2016
National Debate Champions
* Ahafo regional Soccer and Volleyball champions
* Handball 2012-2016
Philanthropy
In March 2018, the management and students of the school donated assorted items to the inmates of the Sunyani
Female Prisons. They presented items such as biscuits, detergents, bags of rice,
sanitary pads, clothing, sugar and
cooking oil.
References
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High schools in Ghana
Public schools in Ghana
1965 establishments in Ghana