Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School


Yaa Asantewaa Girl's Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Location

Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High is located in a suburb called Tanoso in the Atwima Mponua District in Kumasi - Ashanti Region.

History

Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High was established in 1951 by Ghana's first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The school was founded in 1960 with funds from the Ghana Education Trust. Yaa Asantewaa is named after the Queen mother of Ejisu Yaa Asantewaa who led a war against the British Colonialists.

School Crest

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Yaa Asantewaa Senior High maintains an ongoing alliance with their boys' school, Prempeh College called Amanadehye.

Notable alumnae