Tarkwa Senior High School is a
co-educational
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senior high school in the
mining town
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Historic mining communities
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* Ballarat, Victoria
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of
Tarkwa
Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana. Tarkwa has a 2013 settlement population of 34,941 people.
Economy
Mining
Tarkwa is noted as a centre of gold m ...
in the
Western Region of
Ghana
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.
History
The school was founded in 1961 by the first
president of Ghana
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, Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah
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, under the accelerated
Development Plan for Education when
Ghana attained independence.
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Houses
The school has a total of 8 houses ( 4 for boys and 4 for girls).
Notable alumni
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Kwesi Amoako Atta - Ghanaian lawyer and politician
* Liquenda Daniel Allotey
Courses
*General Science
*General Arts
*Business
*Visual Arts
*Home Economics
*Agricultural Science
See also
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Education in Ghana
Before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites, education in Ghana was mainly informal and based on apprenticeship. Economic activities in pre-colonial Ghana were based on farm produce ...
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List of senior high schools in Ghana
This is a list of category b Senior High Schools in Ghana by region.
Ashanti Region
There are more than 180 Senior High Schools in the region.
Bono, Bono East & Ahafo Regions
Central Region
Eastern Region
Greater Accra Region
...
References
1961 establishments in Ghana
Educational institutions established in 1961
High schools in Ghana
Public schools in Ghana
Education in the Western Region (Ghana)
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