Kumasi High School

Kumasi High School often referred to as KUHIS, is a boys’ senior high school in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was established in 1962, by S. K. Amoah. The students are known collectively as Mmerantee(Gentlemen)

HISTORY OF KUMASI HIGH SCHOOL

Kumasi High School (KUHIS), is synonymous with that one man Mr. S. K. Amoah. It all started with him in the 1960s in the suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana Known as Asuoyeboa. However, it didn’t start out as Kumasi High School as it is known today, but as a private school, Kwame Nkrumah Secondary School in 1962.

The school was moved to Kwadaso another suburb of Kumasi in 1963 to occupy perhaps another rented premise. This is quite understandable for the private school by then.

During the 1965/66 academic year, the then government of the Republic of Ghana in its quest to improve education through funding and supervision absorbed the school into the public educational system. Mr. Albert Appiah, then a tutor at Prempeh College also in Kumasi was appointed as the School’s first Headmaster.

In the 1966/67 academic year, the female understudies were moved to Kumasi Girls Secondary School (KUGISS). Still, in the rented premises, the school has to remain at Kwadaso until 1977 when it migrated for the last time. The new home in Gyinyase near Ahinsan Estate occupies some 80 acres of land under the auspices of the then headmaster – Mr. Kwadwo Amo Asare.

In the 1978/79 academic year, the school was permitted by the Ghana Education Service to run sixth-form courses in Arts, Science, and Business Education. Kumasi High School today runs the regular three-year senior high school programmes in General Arts, General Science, Business Education, Visual Arts, and Agriculture.

HEADMASTERS

The School become a focal point within the general secondary/high school settings led by the following individuals after its absorption into the public educational system:

1. Mr. Albert Appiah, 1965-1974
2. Mr. Kyeremeh, 1974-1977
3. Mr. K. Amo Asare, 1978-1984
4. Mr. Asare-Kwaah, 1984-1987
5. Mr. G. Amoateng, 1987-1990
6. Mr. Y. B. Attaa 1990-1996
7. Mr. E. A. Sekyere 1996-1998
8. Mr. Samuel Mensah, 1999-Present.

Mission

To provide excellent training based on the best moral principles and practices that Christianity, Ghanaian Traditions, and other religions can offer; and to provide excellent academic and vocational training which will prepare our students for the world of work by making them fruitful both theoretically and practically.

Vision

Aspire to be the best or among the best institutions in the country in terms of academic and moral excellence