Dormaa Senior High School, also known as DORMASS, is a pre-tertiary institution located in Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central, Municipality of the

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History

Dormaa Senior High School was established on 24 February 1947 by Samuel Kwadwo Oppong and Joseph Manase Yeboah, both teachers by profession. With only a single registered student at the time, the school was originally named Dormaa State College. The school began in a wooden, single-story building that belonged to the Dormaa Gyaasehene called Nana Kwasi Baah. Before it was established as a high school, the highest qualification one could receive was Middle school form 4. Without any secondary school in the entire

Brong-Ahafo The Brong-Ahafo region was a region in central Ghana. Brong-Ahafo was bordered to the north by the Black Volta river and to the east by the Lake Volta, and to the south by the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions. The capital of Brong-Ahafo ...

area, students were not able to further their education to the secondary level. The Dormaa State College became the first secondary school between the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions. The school celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2022.

Operations

The school is under the

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of the

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. The school has a boarding facility and a student population of about 4,500. The school has 152 teaching and 48 non-teaching staff. Subjects taught include Agriculture, Business,

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, Visual Arts, General Arts, and

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. The school runs 6 courses and has 6 houses for

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Courses

* General Arts * Business *

Agricultural science Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professio ...

* Visual Arts *

References

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