Juaben Senior High School
Juaben Senior High School, also known as Juaben SHS, formerly Juaben Secondary School, is a co-educational senior high school in Juaben, a town in the Ejisu-Juaben District of the Ashanti Region in Ghana.[1]
| Juaben Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
Ghana | |
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| Other name | Juaben SHS |
| Former name | Juaben Secondary School |
| Established | November 1972 |
| Staff | ca. 120 teaching and ca. 85 non-teachinge default label --> |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Number of students | ca. 3502 |
History
The school opened with the name Juaben Secondary School in November 1972, starting with 87 students.[2][3] It had originally been opened in 1950 as a model Girl's Basic School, and was converted to a Women's Training College in October, 1962.[2]
In 2020, the school won a computing competition for senior high schools in the Ashanti Region called Code Afrique, which had been organised by Cornell University and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[4]
Operations
The school is under the Ghana Education Service of the government of Ghana. The school is located in Ashanti Juaben in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality, about 30 km from Kumasi and about 8 km from Ejisu.
The school has about 3502 students, a teaching staff of about 120 and non-teaching staff of around 85.
It has a boarding facility for its students. The school has about 2750 boarders with some 752 day students.
The school offers programmes in general agriculture, general arts, general science, home economics and the visual arts.
Very Reverend Collins Oppong-Anane is the headmaster of the school and has three assistants, namely: Mr Samuel K. Antwi, Andrews Boateng and Peace Owusu Bediako for Academic, Administration, and Domestic respectively. The school has 8 houses with each having about 350 students; the houses are Nana Adarkwa Yiadom, Bishop Asante Antwi, Nana Yaw Sarpong II, Nana Otuo Serebour II for boys and Danielles Ghartey, Sussana Wesley, Rose E. Comer, and Nana Akosua Akyaama II. The school has over the years chocked up a lot of successes in both academics and co-curricular activities in the area of sports, debate, drama, etc.
Notable alumni
The school produced the well known sport personality like John Amponsah a javelin thrower, lawyer Joseph Osei Owusu MP for Bekwai constituency, Nana Appiagyei Dankawoso, Board member waec, Vice president Ghana Chamber of commerce, Board Member University of Cape Business School, Charles Kwadwo Fosu aka Daddy Lumba, a well known musician in Ghana and Africa and other big and well-known personalities.
References
- "Juaben SHS wins Cornell University IT competition in Ashanti Region". News Ghana. M'Ideas Limited. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- Freiku, Sebastian R. (6 December 2011). "Juaben SHS launches 40th Anniversary". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- "Juaben Senior High School celebrates 40 years". Ghana News Agency. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- Ebbah, Gideon D. (13 February 2020). "Juaben Traditional Council honours school for achievement". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 22 March 2020.