The government has approved 15 private SHSs in Greater Accra as part of the 60 approved for Free SHS and the associated school placement this year.

This makes these private SHSs in Greater Accra worth considering by parents and 2025 BECE candidates during the self-placement if the Ministry of Education, as part of the CSSPS process, activates this option.

The 2025 GES School Placement allows candidates to choose from a mix of public and private Senior High Schools. Among these, Category E private SHSs offer another pathway for BECE graduates seeking alternative options within the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions.

These schools, registered by the Ghana Education Service, meet the academic and infrastructural requirements to operate and admit fresh SHS 1 students under the Free SHS system (if opted). Below is a verified list with full details including school names, codes, district, programme options, school type, and status.

The government’s move and approval of 60 private SHSs for the 2025 School Placement has been welcomed. However, these schools will be very useful to parents when it comes to self-placement choices.

The approved 15 schools offer six (6) programmes in all. All 15 schools offer General Arts, 12 schools offer Business and Science, while 10, 5, and 3 offer Home Economics, Agricultural Science, and Technical programmes respectively.

All the 15 schools are mixed schools and are spread across the Greater Accra Region. The schools situated in Accra make up 25% of the total approved schools and offer on average five programmes each. This makes them very good schools to consider because the more programmes offered by a school, the more students it is likely to enroll.

The approved private schools in the Greater Accra Region for Free SHS are all designated as day schools. This implies that the government will cater for all expenses of day school SHS 1 students enrolled in the schools through the Free SHS policy. However, those who gain admission as hostel students will have to foot that bill in the private schools.

Where a student is enrolled as a day student through the Free SHS policy in a private school but decides to use the private school’s hostel facility, that will be an extra expense to be paid by the parents and not the government.

Private SHSs in Greater Accra Approved for the 2025 Free SHS Policy

The Greater Accra Region boasts a diverse collection of well-established and fully approved private Senior High Schools participating in the 2025 Free SHS initiative. These schools offer a broad range of academic and technical programmes and are strategically located within key municipalities to serve a growing student population.

In the Ayawaso West Municipality, Ideal College – Legon continues to serve as a reputable mixed school located at East Legon, known for its structured day school system and strong academic discipline. In the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality, Action Senior High/Technical School at Madina Estate provides a robust blend of technical and general programmes, offering students well-rounded academic exposure.

The Okaikwei South Municipality is home to City Business Senior High, a mixed school situated in Kpehe-Caprice, which emphasizes business education in a practical urban setting. Adentan Municipal Assembly has emerged as a private education hub with three approved schools—Delcam SHS, St. Peter’s Mission School, and Mercy Islamic SHS, all operating as mixed day institutions with proven academic performance. Mercy Islamic SHS, notably located in Lakeside Estates, brings diversity to the region’s educational offerings by catering to both secular and faith-based learning needs.

In Teshie, under the Ledzokuku Municipality, St. Andrews SHS offers a balance between general arts and science disciplines, making it a solid choice for day scholars. Also contributing to religious diversity is the Ghana-Lebanon Islamic School in Kwame Nkrumah Circle (Korle-Klottey Municipal), which combines academic excellence with Islamic principles.

Ga Central and Ga South Municipalities each house schools with strong Islamic foundations such as Al Basar SHS (Awoshie) and Tuba Islamic SHS (Tuba-Kasoa), while Ghana College SHS/Technical in the same zone operates with a broader academic and technical scope, offering as many as eight programmes.

Other institutions such as Crystal Heights International School (Amasaman – Ga West), Seven Great Princes Academy SHS (Ablekuma West), and Datus SHS in Tema have maintained their standing as centres of academic excellence and accessibility under the Free SHS policy.

Finally, Purdue Scholars College in Ga South represents one of the newest entries onto the list of approved private schools, offering a blend of technical and science-based programmes tailored to meet national development goals.

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Together, these institutions are not only expanding access to secondary education under the Free SHS policy but are also playing a crucial role in reshaping private participation in public educational interventions across Greater Accra