Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) is a coeducational second cycle institution in Sunyani in the Bono Region of Ghana.
History Sunyani Secondary School popularly known as SUSEC is one of the products of Ghana Education Trust. It was established in 1960 by Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, later Ghana's first President.
The first batch of 36 students, 31 boys and 5 girls, was admitted on 30 October 1960.
On 13 December 1960, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the school, which started with only three(3) teachers and nine non-teaching staff.
Sunyani Secondary School started as a co-educational Institution but after a short time, it was decided to make it a boys' school, and the few girls in the school were sent to Yaa Asantewaa Girls' School, but this was reversed the following year and girls were again admitted.
The first Headmaster of the school was P.D. Quartey from 1960 to 1967 for a period of Seven (7) years.
Currently, Mr. Gordon Osei Marfo is the headmaster of the school.
School symbol The school's emblem, an elephant, was selected because the name Sunyani is a distorted variant of the name "Ason Dwaee", signifying the location where the legendary hunter and warrior Nana Boahen Korkor, the creator of the Sunyani traditional territory, killed and skinned elephants.
Nkrumah said in Latin that "A man was born not for himself alone but for his country," which inspired the motto "Me man nti enye me nti", which was originally used by the first Headmaster.
The school grew over the years. The number of non-teaching employees increased from nine (9) to one hundred and five (105), while the number of teaching employees has increased from four (4) to one hundred and ninety-eight (198). Four thousand four hundred and thirty-seven (4437) students now make up the student body.
The following figures show the number of students who have passed out of Sunyani Secondary School. Among these are doctors, nurses, lawyers, parliamentarians, heads of institutions and departments, teachers, pastors, and businesspeople.
Ordinary Level – G.C.E. (‘O’ Level) Students - 4,213
Advanced Level – G.C.E (“A” Level) Students - 2,020
Senior High School Students - 11400
Programs Offered General Science Agricultural Science General Arts Visual Arts Home Economics Business
Notable alumni Ignatius Baffour-Awuah — Member of Parliament for Sunyani West Constituency and Minister for Employment Ernest Akobuor Debrah — Former Member of Parliament for Tano North Constituency
Former headteachers +HeadteachersTenure in officePeter David Quartey1960 — 1967E. Obeng - Mensah1967 — 1972M. K. Atiemo1972 — 1977Thomas Akwasi Adae Owusu1977 — 1980M. K. Atigbor 1979 — 1986Peter Owusu-Donkor 1987 — 1990Berlinda S. Addo1990 — 1996David Osei –Wusu1996 — 1997Joseph Awuah1997 — 2010Georgina Boakye 2011 — 2017Michael Nsiah-Agyapong2017 — 2021Gordon Osei Marfo2022 — Date
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