Kumasi Girls Senior High School Explained

Kumasi Girls Senior High School
Streetaddress:P. O. Box KS, Kumasi
Region:Ashanti Region
Town:Kumasi
Country:Ghana
Religion:Christianity - Methodist
Oversight:Ministry of Education
Founder:Caxton Williams
Head Label:Headmistress
Head:Cecilia Nana Yeboah
Chaplain:Sophia Nyarko Manu
Ranking:First Choice
Classes Offered:General Arts, General Science, Business, Home Economics, Visual Arts
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:14
Upper Age:18
Houses:7
Schooltype:All Girls School
Type:Public High School
Language:English
Motto:SEMPER FIDELIS
Sports:All sports
Nickname:KUGISS
Founded:1953
Status:active
Alumni:AHEMAA

Location

Kumasi Girls is located at Abrepo, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The school is adjacent to the County hospital.

History

The school was started as a private secondary school for girls by Caxton Williams, a Sierra Leonean in 1953.Kumasi Girls' Senior High School (KUGISS) was first situated at Susanso, near Bomso Junction on the Kumasi-Accra road. In the early 1960s, the proprietor moved the school to Old Tafo where it remained in rented premises until 1992 when the school was moved to its present and permanent site at Abrepo. The government took over the administration of the school in the year 1963.

Alliance

Kumasi Girls maintains an ongoing alliance with their boys' school, Kumasi High School called MMRAHEMMAA.