West Africa Senior High School (WASS) is a second-cycle institution located at
Adenta
Adenta is a small town and is the capital of Adenta Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. in the
Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...
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 a government assisted, mixed day and non-denominational institution providing a three-year
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 ...
education.
The school was founded in 1946 by Rev. J. C. Tettey and Emmanuel Addo.
History
The school started in
Tudu as the West Africa College of Commerce in 1946. In 1954, the school was absorbed into the public system as a Government-Assisted school.
Enrollment
West Africa Senior High School has a total students population of 1639 of which 49% are girls and 51% are boys.
Alumni
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Kirani Ayat
Ayat Maqwam Salis (born 10 July 1990), better known by his stage name Kirani Ayat, is a Ghanaian musician, rapper, singer and producer. Kirani Ayat started his music professionally as Mr. Ayat in 2008 and later rebranded to "Billy Banger" in 201 ...
, rapper, singer and producer;
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Pearl Akanya Ofori
Pearl Akanya Ofori (born 18 March 1984) is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist, radio personality and an entrepreneur who once worked for Ghanaian radio station Citi FM (97.3) Ghana. She is a graduate of the University of Ghana (Legon). She was no ...
of
CitiFM;
See also
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T. Q. Armar Theophilus Quancoo Armar (4 August 1915 – 2000) was a Ghanaian educationist, publisher and textbook writer.
Early life and education
Born on 4 August 1915, Armar's early formative years were spent at the Government Boys' School, where he studie ...
(former headmaster)
References
Schools in Ghana
Greater Accra Region
Educational institutions established in 1946
1946 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
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