Jukwa Senior High School

JUKWA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

P. O. Box K38, JUKWA

1. VISION
The vision of the institution is to turn out holistically trained students who have acquired the requisite adroitness that will enable them to function effectively and efficaciously in almost all spheres of endeavours; products who will effectively and positively impact on macro- society.
To become a first – class institution in the arenas of academia and co-curricular activities.

2. MISSION
The school intends to:
i. Improve its infrastuctural facilities including blocks classroom.
ii. Becom e a fully-fledged boarding institution in a year or two;
iii. Have a well farnished library with relevant contemporary literature;
iv. Have a fully equipped science laboratory to enhance running of pure science programme and have a well – furnished information communication technology (ict) laboratory to enable the school to keep pace with technological development and make every student computer literate before they complete school.
v. Turn out cogent stupendous athlete for national and olympic competitions.
vi. Construct edifices on the school compound to accommodate the majority of the tutors to enhance fredosogy and students’ control;
vii. To wall the entire school compound to mitigate security quagmires and check truancy.

3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUKWA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
The above-mentioned school was established on Monday 28th January, 1991 as one of the schools under the New Educational Reforms. It is a community school located on the periphery of the Jukwa town enroute to Cape Coast.
The School started with twenty-five students and three tutors including the headmaster, Mr. F.K. Osei. Thus, the school had a staff strength of only three tutors.
The first headmaster was Mr. F.K. Osei of blessed memory and Messrs George Munifie and Ato Annan Mensah were the other two tutors.
The students’ population increased to fifty-eight after just a week of the school’s inspection.
On 28th April, 1993, the school which was originally located in town was relocated to its present location.
The school suffered a nember of set backs for about five years, which affected the population and general development of the school. Around 1999 it started picking up the pieces together.
The population started growing; the District Assembly also assisted with some structure, a new and vibrant P.T.A. Executives and members of Board of Governors were put in place. They all assisted to raise the image of the school.
Today Jukwa Senior High School has grown to a population of almost One Thousand Two Hundred Students.43 Teachers and 42 non – Teaching staff.
The school can now boast of a well equipped computer laboratory with latest types of computers. The school has chalked up immeasurable laurels encompassing sports, academic, culture and so on. The school can now boast of having produced the fastest boy in the country (at the second cycle level). Most of its products are found in a number of reputable tertiary institutions in Ghana and abroad.

4. SPORTS AND GAMES ACHIVEMENT
To begin with the school has won the ultimate prize in soccer in the region once for both boys and girls divisions. This year too – 2010, the girls soccer team were the winners in soccer in the region. The school has supplied the female national team four (4) players so far. Currently, we still have two players playing for the national under twenty (20) female team who have qualified to play in Germany.
In the field of athletics, the school has experience a tremendous improvement in performance for the last four (4) seasons. From 10th position last two years the female athletics team leapt to 2nd position last year and finally 1st position to win the ultimate cap this year. The male athletic team also made a step leap from 3rd position last two years to 2nd position last year and maintained the 2nd position again this year in the Schools and Colleges Regional athletics competition.
Based on this performance about 15 athletes and players were invited into the regional team to compete for the region at Accra last year during the National festival. It is interesting to note that during that meeting the headmistress was honoured with an award as the National Sports Administrator of the year at the second cycle level.

5. PROGRAMMES AND SUBJECTS OFFERED
a. Agriculture Science: General Agriculture, Horticulture, Chemistry, Elective Mathematics
b. Business (Accounting Option): Business Management, Business Mathematics & Principles of Costing, Economics, Elective Mathematics
c. General Arts: French, Asante Twi, Christian Religious Studies, Geography, Economics, History, Government, Elective Mathematics
d. Visual Arts: Gen Knowledge In Arts, Management In Living, Food & Nutrition, Clothing & Textiles, Economics, French, Chemistry

6. STAKEHOLDERS
i. Old Student Association: Recently formed not vibrant
ii. P.T.A.: Highly Vibrant – It has build assembly hall, ten Water closet Toilet, Schools Security check-point and positive to schools concern.
iii. TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY: They are supportive and released the school land to the government free of charge.
iv. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY: The assembly has also been supportive. It is currently building Senior House Mistress Bungalow which is yet to be completed. However, our expectation from them has not been so much quick.
v. OTHERS: The sitting Member of Parliament assisted in getting the school a 38 seater TATA Bus from the GET-FUND.
The M.P.’s effort has not been encouraging. We expect him to sit up and assist the school, in other ways which are within his means.
NGO: World Vision International was very supportive. They provided 300 capacity storey building for the school as Girls Hostel. They also assisted brilliant but needy students with full scholarship packages for several student.