Chemu Senior High School

Chemu Secondary School [1]
Address
P. O. Box Tema Community 4[2] Greater Accra Region Tema Ghana
Coordinates	5°39′31.4″N 0°00′30.9″W / 5.658722°N 0.008583°W / 5.658722; -0.008583
Information
School type	Public High School coeducational
Motto	Discipline and Hardwork
Status	active
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Gender	Unisex
Age	14 to 18
Classes offered	Home Economics, General Science, General Arts, Visual Arts, Technical
Language	English
Slogan	Pride of Tema
Affiliation	Ghana

Chemu Secondary School is a coeducational second cycle institution at Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.^[3] It is a day (non-boarding) school that is precisely located at Community four in Tema.^[4]

The school was established at the time when the Secretary of the Ministry of Education in Ghana; Mrs. Ama Atta Aidoo had conceived the idea of de-boardenising schools to alleviate the problems of high boarding fees and to increase the intake of day students. It was also in response to meet the increasing demands for vacancies in secondary schools in the Tema Township, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, hence the conversion of the Community 4 No.2 Middle School into a model day secondary school known as Tema Day Secondary school. The school had a legacy of eight (8) classrooms, the school. With the motto: 'Discipline and Hardwork'. The school was formally opened on the 12th of October 1982 with a double stream of 86 students and a teaching staff of nine (9). The then assistant headmaster of Tema Secondary School, the late Mr. P. K. Dzitri was seconded to the school as Acting Headmaster, in 1982. In the same year the Assistant Bursar of Tema Secondary School, Mr. Gilbert Kpelende was also seconded to the school. The first batches of students were therefore remnants of the Common Entrance candidates of Tema Secondary School, since the name of the school was not on the common Entrance List. A few students were admitted in the addition through a late entrance examination conducted by the school. Following an appeal from Tema traditional council, the name of the school was changed from Tema day school to Chemu secondary school. Attempts were made to have the name of the school changed in the early nineties to Adjetey Ansah Secondary school, but this did not materialize due to stiff opposition from some quarters, including the Students’ Representative Council.

Chemu Secondary School offers the following programmes: Science; General Arts; Visual Art; Home Economics; and Technical. The total number of classrooms currently is about forty (40). The school can boast of a big canteen, sickbay, a changing room and a KVIP built with the aid from PAMSCAD, an ultra modern washroom built with the aid of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly and other stakeholders, a basket ball court, an assembly hall, two school buses among several other facilities worth mentioning.

The school from its humble beginnings rose up to fame within a short period and chalked very impressive successes in the academic field, sports and other related fields rubbing shoulders with very old and endowed school. Some examples of the few achievements and progress made in these fields include the high percentage passes recorded and recent history made by placing 3rd in the National Science and Mathematics Quiz at the first entry in 2001. The school also won the Best Teacher Award, Tema District, secondary school level for the years 1996 and 1999. The school won the 3rd position at the Regional level in 1995 and 1st position at the Regional level in 2002. In other areas like Sports the school has produced great athletes and footballers that include Dan Addo and Attakora Amaniampong who were among the cup-winning Black Starlets squad of 1991 and 1995 respectively. Monica Twum, an athlete of the Olympic game squad. These are but a few of the numerous strides made by the school.

Courses

The school offers courses in General Science, General Art, Visual Art, Technical and Home Economics

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