2023 School Selection: Category ‘A’ Girls Schools In The Central Region

Central region has over 57 Senior High Schools. Out of this number, only 6 are categorized under grade ‘A’ schools. Out of the six, grade ‘A’ school, three are Girls(all female) schools

Let’s take a look at the category ‘A’ Girls schools in the region and a little history about them.

1. Holy Child School, Cape Coast 
Holy Child School, also known as Angel’s Hill, is a female second-cycle institution in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.

In 2003, the school was ranked among the best 10 schools in Africa, producing the best overall female student in the 2003 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSSCE) Holy Child School also produced the best overall student, Jochebed Adwoa Sutherland, and the second-best overall student, Audrey Emefa Awuttey for the 2017 West African Senior School Examination, WASSCE.

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2. Wesley Girls’ High School

Wesley Girls Senior High School is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast, founded in 1836, and named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

The school was established in 1836 with 25 girls by the wife of a Methodist minister. It started as a primary school with the aim of offering girls training in reading and writing, sewing and housekeeping, and spiritual development.

3. Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School

Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School is an all-girls second-cycle institution in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana which was founded in 1960 by Kwame Nkrumah as Saltpond Girls’ Secondary School. It’s amongst the best five Girls’ SHS in Ghana.

It was built in commemoration of the profound and significant role played by the women of Saltpond in the nation’s struggle for independence, Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School was established. Formerly known as Saltpond Girls, this institution was founded with the purpose of providing relevant education at the second-cycle level for girls

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