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Ghana Education Service (GES) Releases List of New Category "A" Schools in Ghana
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a list of new Category "A" schools in Ghana as part of the ongoing 2025 school selection process.
Overview of Category "A" Schools below
According to the GES, there are 71 Category "A" schools nationwide, comprising 53 SHS and 18 TVET institutions. Among them are the following:
Greater Accra Region:
- Accra Academy Kaneshie (Boys)
- Accra Girls Senior High Mamobi (Girls)
- Achimota Senior High (Mixed)
- Presbyterian Boys Secondary School, Legon (Boys)
- St. Mary's Senior High, Korle Gonno (Girls)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High, Cantonments (Boys)
- Tema Senior High (Mixed)
- Accra Technical Training Centre Kokomlemle (Mixed)
- Tema Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Ada Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Madina Technical Institute (Mixed)
Ashanti Region
- Opoku Ware School (Boys)
- Prempeh College (Boys)
- St. Louis Senior High, Kumasi (Girls)
- Yaa Asantewaa Girls Senior High (Girls)
- Kumasi High School (Mixed)
- T. I. Ahmadiyya Senior High, Kumasi (Mixed)
Central Region:
- Adisadel College (Boys)
- Mfantsipim School (Boys)
- St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast (Boys)
- Wesley Girls Senior High, Cape Coast (Girls)
- Holy Child School, Cape Coast (Girls)
- Mfantsiman Girls Senior High (Girls)
- Cape Coast Tech. Inst.
Eastern Region:
- Aburi Girls Senior High (Girls)
- Pope John Senior High & Minor Seminary, Koforidua (Boys)
- St. Peter’s Senior High, Nkwatia (Boys)
- St. Rose’s Senior High, Akwatia (Girls)
- Ofori Panin Senior High (Mixed)
- Okuapeman Senior High (Mixed)
- Krobo Girls Senior High (Girls)
- Ghana Senior High, Koforidua (Mixed)
- Koforidua Senior High/Technical (Mixed)
- Koforidua Technical Institute (Mixed)
- St. Paul’s Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Akwatia Technical Institute (Mixed)
Northern Region:
- Tamale Senior High (Mixed)
- Tamale Senior High (Girls)
- Ghana Senior High, Tamale (Mixed)
- St. Charles Senior High, Tamale (Boys)
- Dabokpa Vocational Technical Institute (Mixed)
Volta Region:
- Mawuli School, Ho (Mixed)
- OLA Girls Senior High, Ho (Girls)
- Bishop Herman College, Kpando (Boys)
- Kpando Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Anlo Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Keta Senior High Technical (Mixed)
Western Region:
- Archbishop Porter Girls Senior High, Sekondi (Girls)
- St. John’s Senior High, Sekondi (Boys)
- Fijai Senior High, Sekondi (Mixed)
- Sekondi College (Mixed)
- Ghana Senior High/Technical, Takoradi (Boys)
- Takoradi Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Kikam Technical Institute (Mixed)
Upper East Region:
- Bolgatanga Senior High (Mixed)
- Bolga Girls Senior High (Girls)
- Notre Dame Seminary/Senior High, Navrongo (Boys)
- Navrongo Senior High (Mixed)
- Bolga Technical Institute (Mixed)
- Bawku Technical Institute (Mixed)
Upper West Region:
- Nandom Senior High (Boys)
- St. Francis Girls Senior High, Jirapa (Girls)
- Lawra Senior High (Mixed)
- WA Technical Institute (Mixed)
Bono Region
- Berekum Presby Senior High
- Our Lady of Providence Senior High (Girls)
- St. James Sem & Senior High, Abesim (Mixed)
- Sunyani Senior High (Mixed)
- Notre Dame Girls Senior High, Sunyani Region (Mixed)
- Nkoranza Technical Institute (Mixed)
Ahafo Region:
- Serwaa Kesse Girls Senior High (Girls)
- OLA Girls Senior High, Kenyasi (Girls)
School Selection Guidelines below
As part of the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), prospective candidates are required to select six schools: one from Category "A," two from Category "B," and at least two from Category "C." The sixth choice must be a day school within 16 kilometers of the candidate's junior high school or a boarding school from the list of schools in Appendix 3.
However, candidates must select five schools (one Category "A," two Category "B," and at least two Category "C") for consideration in the event they are not placed in any of their initial six choices.
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