Category A Schools in Ghana.

Category A Schools in Ghana.

Category A Schools are the best and prominent Senior High schools in Ghana.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “Prominent” as widely and popularly known and noticed.

To sum it up, Category A Schools are simply excellent.

Parents of Junior High School Students would want their wards to attend reputable Senior High Schools in the country.

Parents cannot automatically enrol their wards in such schools due to the Computerised Placement.

With the computerised Placements, candidates will have to select from seven categories of schools namely; Category A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

This is made up of Public, Private, Technical and Vocational Schools.

Category A, B, C and D constitute of all state owned Senior High Schools.

Category E is a list of Public Technical/Vocational institutes.

Category F and G are Private owned Senior High/Technical and vocational schools.

The list is created and constantly upgraded by the Ghana Education Service (GES) each year to direct students, parents, and teachers. 

It is also interesting to know that the category A schools are the exceptional Senior High Schools from which a Basic Education Certificate Examination candidate can only choose one school.

Academic performance at West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, School’s achievements, Infrastructure, and facilities are among the important ranking factors the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) use to rank Senior High Schools in Ghana.

There are 55 Category A Senior High schools in Ghana.

Below is the complete list of Category A Schools in the Ghana.

SCHOOLS	GENDER	LOCATION	REGION.
OLA Girls SHS	Girls	Kenyase	Ahafo Region
Serwaa Kesse Girls SHS	Girls	Duayaw Nkwanta	Ahafo Region
St Louis Girls SHS	Girls	Oduom, Kumasi	Ashanti Region
Yaa Asantewaa Girls SHS	Girls	Tanoso, Kumasi	Ashanti Region
Opoku Ware Senior High	Boys	Santasi, Kumasi	Ashanti Region
Kumasi Boys SHS	Boys	Gyinyase	Ashanti Region
Prempeh Senior High	Boys	Kumasi	Ashanti Region
T.I Ahmadiyya SHS	Mixed	Kumasi	Ashanti Region
Notre Dame Girls SHS	Girls	Sunyani	Bono Region
St Ann’s Girls SHS	Girls	Sampa-Buko	Bono Region
Our Lady’s of Providence SHS	Girls	Sunyani	Bono Region
St James Sem/SHS	Boys	Sunyani	Bono Region
Berekum Presby SHS	Mixed	Berekum	Bono Region
Sunyani Senior High	Mixed	Sunyani	Bono Region
Mfantsiman SHS	Girls	Cape coast	Central Region
Holy Child School	Girls	Cape coast	Central Region
Wesley Girls SHS	Girls	Cape coast	Central Region
Mfantsipim School	Boys	Cape coast	Central Region
St Augustine’s College	Boys	Cape coast	Central Region
Adisadel College	Boys	Cape coast	Central Region
Aburi Girls SHS	Girls	Aburi	Eastern Region
Krobo Girls SHS	Girls	Odumasi Krobo	Eastern Region
St Rose’s Senior High	Girls	Akwatia	Eastern Region
St Peter’s SHS	Boys	Nkwatia	Eastern Region
Pope John SHS	Boys	Effiduase, Koforidua	Eastern Region
Ofori Panin SHS	Mixed	Tafo	Eastern Region
Koforidua SHTS	Mixed	Koforidua	Eastern Region
Okuapeman SHS	Mixed	Akropong	Eastern Region
Ghana Senior High School	Mixed	Effiduase, Koforidua	Eastern Region
Accra Girls SHS	Girls	Accra	Greater Accra Region
St Mary’s Senior High	Girls	Korle Gonno. Accra	Greater Accra Region
St Thomas Aquinas SHS	Boys	Cantonment, Accra	Greater Accra Region
Accra Academy	Boys	Kaneshie, Accra	Greater Accra Region
Presbyterian Boys SHS	Boys	Legon, Accra	Greater Accra Region
Tema Senior High	Mixed	Tema. Accra	Greater Accra Region
Achimota Senior High	Mixed	Achimota, Accra	Greater Accra Region
Ghana Senior High	Mixed	Tamale	Northern Region
St Charles SHS	Boys	Tamale	Northern Region
Tamale Girls SHS	Girls	Tamale	Northern Region
Tamale Senior High	Mixed	Tamale	Northern Region
Bolga Girls SHS	Girls	Bolgatanga	Upper East Region
Notre Dame Sem/SHS	Boys	Navrongo	Upper East Region
St Francis Xavier SHS	Boys	Jirapa	Upper East Region
Nandom Senior High	Boys	Nandom	Upper East Region
Navrongo SHS	Mixed	Navrongo	Upper East Region
Bolgatanga SHS	Mixed	Navrongo	Upper East Region
Lawra Senior high	Mixed	Wa	Upper West Region
OLA Girls Senior high	Girls	Ho	Volta Region
Bishop Herman College	Boys	Koando	Volta Region
Mawuli SHS	Mixed	Ho	Volta Region
Keta SHS	Mixed	Keta	Volta Region

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