Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School

Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School
Address
P. O. Box 1901 Ashanti Region Kumasi Ghana
Information
School type	Public High School All Girls School
Founded	1965
Founder	Dr Kwame Nkrumah
Status	active
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Gender	Girls
Age	14 to 18
Number of students	1014
Classes offered	Home Economics, Science, General Arts
Language	English
Houses	9
School colour(s)	blue and White

Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School (Yagss) is an all female second cycle institution in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Location

Yaa Asantewaa Secondary is located in a suburb called Tanoso in the Atwima District in Ashanti Region (Kumasi).

History

Yaa Asantewaa Secondary was established in 1951 by Ghana's first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The school was however started in 1960 with funds from the Ghana Education Trust. Yaa Asantewaa as the name implies was named after the Queen mother of Ejisu Yaa Asantewaa who led a war against the British Colonialists.^[1]

Alliance

Yaa Asantewaa Secondary, maintains an ongoing alliance with their boys' school, Prempeh College called Amanadehye.

References

↑ "Brief History". Yaghs. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

Ghana High Schools

Ashanti Region

Brong-Ahafo Region

Central Region	Mfantsipim School Holy Child High School Ghana National College

Eastern Region

Greater Accra Region	American International School of Accra Ghana International School Lincoln Community School Lycée Français d'Accra St. Peter's Mission Schools

Northern Region

Upper East Region

Upper West Region

Volta Region

Western Region	Archbishop Porter Girls High School

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