Senior high school is a secondary school, where teenagers are educated before starting university or getting jobs. Acquiring an excellent education is very crucial to the growth and development of individuals and their prospective environments.
In September 2017, the Ministry achieved a major milestone with the implementation of the Free Senior High School program. That year, there was an 11% increase in enrolment, breaking records from previous years. In the 2017/18 academic year, a new record was set with the highest enrolment ever seen in the country: over 470,000 students enrolled in senior high school.
Every Ghanaian child who is placed into a public Second Cycle Institution by the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) during the school placement process is eligible for a free SHS education.
This free SHS policy has now become an essential part of Ghana’s educational system. The major or core themes of the free SHS policy are: access, equity and equality which completely fulfil United Nation’s modified sustainable development goals. Some people have been employed and allocated the duty to ensure the policy’s efficiency.
Some countries in Africa have consulted Ghana eager to amalgamate the Ghanaian free SHS experience in their countries educational system. The leaders of these countries, after visiting Ghana, are confident that if they adopted the free educational policy, it will ensure an excellent learning experience for students in the respective countries.
Category A Senior High In Accra is reported to be Seven (7) from the total of 90 public Senior High Schools in Accra as released by the Ghana Education Service.
Here is the list of Category A Senior High in the Accra:
- Achimota Senior High School
Achimota Senior High School Is a Category A School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Achimota of Accra Metro District . The school was founded in 1924 by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey and the Rev. - Accra Academy School
Accra Academy School known as ”Accra Aca” Is a Category A Boys School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Kaneshie of Accra Metro District. - Accra Girls Senior High School
Accra Girls Senior High Is a Category A Girls School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Mamobi of Accra Metro District. - St Mary’s Senior High School Korle Gonno
St Mary’s Senior High School Korle Gonno Is a Category A Girls School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Korle Gonno of Accra Metro District. - St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School Is a Category A Boys School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Cantoments of La Dade-Kotopon Municipal District. - Presby Boys Senior High Legon
Presby Boys Senior High Legon Is a Category A Boys School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Legon of La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal District .
The school was originally located in Odumase – Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana before moving to its current location in Legon, in 1968. The school anthem is “Happy Are We”, written by J. L. Anang and transcribed by Stephen Appiah Danquah. The school is a six-time Ghana National Science and Maths Quiz winner. - Tema Senior High School
Tema Senior High School Is a Category A School and one of the senior high schools in Greater Accra at Tema Comm 5 of Tema Metro District .