Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School (YAGSHS) is a public high school for girls in Tanoso in the Atwima Mponua District in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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.

Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School

Alliance

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

Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School

Notable alumnae

Serwaa Amihere, broadcast journalist and news presenter

Ellen Boakye, cardiologist for children

Efya, singer and songwriter

Efe Grace, singer and songwriter

Nana Akosua Konadu, broadcaster, CEO and founder of Enak Consult

Nana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong, media personality

References

High schools in Ghana

Education in Kumasi

Educational institutions established in 1960

1960 establishments in Ghana

Girls' schools in Ghana

Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School