Navrongo Senior High School
Navrongo Senior High School
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Navrongo Senior High School is a school in Navrongo which was established in September 1960 by Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was named President’s College. The president indicated his dream that this school will become a great center of learning in the north and that he will watch its progress with keen interest. Later, it was simply called Navrongo School (NAVASCO). Its mascot is the horn, an important northern Ghanaian symbol of royalty, bravery, and leadership. The school’s motto is “LUX BOREALIS” in Latin. It means “The Light of the North”. Old students are known as NABIA, a local word meaning Citizen.
Facilities
NAVASCO is one of few schools in northern Ghana with a wealth of physical infrastructure, a major reason for its ability to educate many people. It is the oldest and prestigious secondary school in the Upper East Region and among about eight elite schools in northern Ghana. In the 1970s, it became known for its agricultural activities under Mr. MacDonald, a veteran British educator. The school has a dam for irrigation farming and an orchard some few metres from the chapel. The school is blessed with hectares of farmlands that affords almost all Teaching and non-Teaching staffs with farming opportunities. There is the Kasadjan Sports Stadium for recreation. The famous MacDonald Hall serves assembly and entertainment purposes. The school library served the school and the community for years. A workshop also ensures that not much is bought from outside of school. Carpentry and metal works for all things on campus are carried out in this workshop. There were fourteen residential halls for students as at 2015. They are Kwegyir Aggrey, John F. Kennedy, Livingtone, Abatey, Ferguson, Garvey, Guggisberg, Nkrumah, Volta, and Abavana halls all for gentlemen. Slessor, Tono, Independence, and Luther King halls served ladies.
Academics
The school offers programmes in Agricultural Science, General Science, General Business, General Arts, and Visual Arts and Home Economics. Students have numerous options to choose from in these general programmes. There is a well equipped Science Laboratory and the School Farm both of which offer practical training to science students. The Debating Society is open to all students but is practically dominated by General Arts students who use it as a public speaking training ground. It has produced many of the famed politicians who graduated from this school.
Course Offered
General Arts
General Science
Business
Visual Arts
Home Economics
Agriculture
Information
Category – Grade A School
Gender – Mixed
Housing Status – Day/Boarding
Year of Establishment – 1960
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Contact Details
Name: Navrongo Senior High School
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Region: Northern Region, Ghana
Location: Zaare-Bolgatanga
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