Namong Senior High Technical School

NAMONG SENIOR HIGH TECHNICAL SCHOOL

1. VISION
(i) The vision of the school is to educate and train students to efficiently use their total personalities to be useful not only to themselves but also to the school and the society as whole in future.
(ii) An excellent training based on the best moral principles and practices that the society can offer.
(iii) Providing excellent education to students to use their conscience, mind and heart for the promotion of peace and progress of the society.

2. MISSION
Our mission is carefully selected activities which have been instituted to enhance the achievement of our vision. These include:
(i) Admitting qualified students at the BECE level into the school
(ii) Creating a favourable environment to facilitate effective teaching and learning.
(iii) Constantly supplying students with the relevant teaching and learning equipment and materials.
(iv) Encouraging parents and guardians to provide the materials needs of their wards in addition to prompt payment of fees.
(v) Recruit qualified, experienced and hardworking teachers in the school.
(vi) Motivating the staff, both teaching and non-teaching, to put in their best in all fields so as to promote effective learning, teaching and training of the students.

3. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL
(i) Name: Namong Senior High Technical School
(ii) Year of Establishment: 1991
(iii) Location: Namong in Offinso South Municipality of Ashanti Region
(iv) Telephone Number: nil
(v) Important School dates: The school as formally opened on Monday, 28th January, 1991
STATUS: The School runs both Day and Boarding Sessions.

4. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS
(i) SSCE
In the year 2004 and 2005 SSCE Schools Rating the school came 32nd and 30th respectively out of about 500 Senior High Schools in the country.
(ii) (a) STME CLINIC – ASHANTI REGIONAL LEVEL 2006 – First Prize Award
(b) STME NATIONAL LEVEL 2007 – Second Prize Award

5. SCHOOL FACILITIES
(i) Academic:
(a) 21 Classrooms
(b) One general laboratory
(c) One Library
(d) One Workshop for Woodwork
(e) One Workshop for Metal work
(ii) Non-Academic:
• A ground for a multi-purpose sporting activities is under construction
• The school has a set of musical instrument and a Band
• The school has farms for maize, beans and garden eggs cultivation
• There is a small piece of land for development of tree planting.

6. ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
a. Agricultural Science: General Agriculture, Chemistry, Elective Mathematics, Physics, Animal Husbandry
b. Home Economics: Food & Nutrition, Clothing & Textile, Economics, General Knowledge in Art, Management in Living, Biology, Elective Mathematics
c. Technical: Physics, Technical Drawing, Building, Metal Work, Woodwork, Applied Electricity
d. General Arts: Geography, Government, Economics, Literature in English, Christian Religious Studies, Elective Mathematics, Twi
e. Business: Accounting, Costing, Business Management, Economics, Elective Mathematics

7. CO-CURRICULA ACTIVITIES
• Clubs: Agric Club, Drama Club, Science Club, Debating Club
• Societies: S.U. PENSA, CASU, GHAMSU, GMSA

8. STAKEHOLDERS
(i) Old Students Representative – Mr. Duah Elijah
(ii) P.T.A. Representative – Nana Otamakuro Adubofour
(iii) Traditional Authority Rep. – Madam Victoria Bonsu
(iv) Municipal Assembly Rep. – Mr. Aburahim Saddique
(v) Others:
(a) Ben Abdalla, MP Offinso South
(b) Mrs. Laura Bush (Former First Lady USA) through the President Rotary Club of Tema
(c) Offinso-Monchengladbach Co-operation for Development (German-Ghanaian Friendship) through Gymnasium Am Geroweither