ATTAFUAH SENIOR HIGH TECHNICAL SCHOOL, AKIM-ODA.
1. VISION:
The School’s vision is to train and educate students to enable them to develop their God-given talents to the fullest to help them effectively use the knowledge acquired to the benefit of themselves, the school, their community, and the nation as a whole.
2. MISSION:
The mission of the school is to admit qualified students at the BECE level into the school and create an environment for them to facilitate effective and efficient teaching and learning. Its further purpose is to recruit qualified and hard-working teachers into the school; motivate them to put in their best in the fields of teaching and train students to enable them to fit well into society. To inculcate into the students a sense of patriotism and hard work
3. SCHOOL CREST AND MOTTO:
The school’s motto is “Knowledge, Wisdom, and Power”.
4. BRIEF HISTORY:
Attafuah Senior High Technical School is an offshoot of the third Government school, established by the British colonial Government in 1896. It was named after King Attafuah I the then paramount chief of the Akyem Kotoku traditional area who provided land for the establishment of the school. The school has a chequered history. It started life as a primary and continuation school from 1896 to 1977. In 1978, the school was upgraded to the status of an experimental Junior Secondary School. In 1991, it attained the full status of a Secondary Technical school. It is a co–educational institution.
Location: The school is located on a gentle plateau in the Southern part of the town called Old Town. It is situated behind the St. Andrews Anglican church.
Status: HOSTEL / DAY
It has all the apparatus of becoming a boarding school considering the Dormitories, Kitchen, and the number of well-qualified Domestic Bursar, Matron, and a host of cooks and pantry men.
5. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
It is the oldest school in the Akyem Kotoku land and the third Government school in Ghana after Philip Quacoe School in Cape Coast and Kimbu School in Accra.
It became the Regional Champion in Girls Volleyball in 2009. The school took part in the National Milo Games in 2009 and placed 8th. The school has been excelling in both the SSSCE and WASSCE since its inception. In athletics and soccer, the school is a force to reckon with in the Birim Central Municipality.
6. SCHOOL FACILITIES:
Classrooms to accommodate up to 1250 students. Dormitories to house up to 700 students. 3 Staff bungalows, Library, a mini Science Laboratory, and 2 Boreholes.
7. ACADEMIC PROGRAMME:
a. Agriculture Science: General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry, Chemistry, Physics
b. Business: Business Management, Financial Accounting, Costing, Elective Mathematics
c. General Arts: Economics, Geography, Government, History, Christian Religions Studies, Literature – In – English, Twi (Akwapim), French
d. Home Economics: Management – In – Living, Foods and Nutrition, General Knowledge in Art, Clothing and Textiles, Biology
e. Technical: Technical Drawing, Building, and Construction, Woodwork, Physics
f. Visual Arts: General Knowledge in Art, Ceramics, Picture Making, Textiles, Chemistry
8. STAKEHOLDERS:
Old Student (APSA), Parent Teacher Association, Birim Central Municipality, Friends of Kotokuman, and the Kotoku citizens
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Attafuah Senior High School Homecoming Celebration
Sorted by: Bra Surgent