Mansoman Senior High School

MANSOMAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

1. VISION OF THE SCHOOL

To make Mansoman Senior High school an ideal place for excellent learning.

2. MISSION OF THE SCHOOL
To turn out students who are united in purpose academically and morally for higher intellectual development.

3. BRIEF HISTORY
The name of the school is Mansoman Senior High School.
It was established in1973 at Manso Atwere in the Amansie West District of Ashanti Region by the elders of the town as a private school. The school started as a community school and was housed in the community center at Manso Atwere. It absorbed into the Public system by the Ghana Education Service in1976.
It moved to the present site in 1994 after operating at the community centre and the present L/A Primary School premises for 21 years.
The school started with two main programmes, namely General Arts and Business. Later in 1990 General Science was added.
The school has a Science Resource Centre. The satellite schools that use the centre are Manso Adubia Senior High and Esaase Senior High Technical School.
It is of interest to know that the school has been earmarked as a model school for the Amansie West District. However we are yet to see what it will be Equipped as such. The school runs as a boarding as well as a day institution. The day students are more than those in the boarding House.
Even though the school is 37 years old, the school has no Dining hall, Assembly Hall, decent Dormitories, Library, Staff Bungalow, etc; however, it has a Science Resource Laboratory and inadequate number of classroom.

4. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES IN SSCE/WASSCE
Year Number of candidate Presented Pass Fail % Pass
2000/2001 6 3 3 50
2001/2002 48 32 16 66.6
2002/2003 57 51 6 91
2003/2004 91 91 0 100
2004/2005 157 153 4 98.7
2005/2006 163 163 0 100
2006/2007 193 182 11 94.3
2007/2008 185 157 28 84.9
2008/2009 211 210 01 99.5

5. PROGRAMMES
The school runs three programmes scheduled as the Science Department, Business Department and the General Arts Department. Each has a head of Department who coordinate the affairs of the department.

6. PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
The school has a Parent-Teachers Association which has been supporting the School in various ways. It has provided the school with a bus to help convey students to school. It has also built a computer Laboratory for the School and equipped it with computers. Other items are chairs, Television Set and refrigerator for the Staff Common room, etc.

7. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
The District Assembly has also been supporting the school. The District has provided the school with bags of Cement, packet of roofing Sheets and electricity poles for the development of the School.

8. DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE
The school works in collaboration with the district Education Directorate, with Mr. Samuel Kena as the District Director.