Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School, Navrongo

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Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School is an all male second cycle educational institution founded by Very Rev. Fr. Armand Lebel. The first batch of thirty-one (31) students were admitted on September 16, 1960. It currently has a population of about 500 students studying either General Science or General Arts. The school is located in Navrongo in the Kasena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region of Ghana.[1]

In line with the motto of the School, "Scientia et Fide" (Knowledge and Faith or Knowledge in the service of Faith) and the intention of the founding fathers, Notre Dame Seminary SHS seeks to provide an education at the pre-tertiary level by training its students to become "effective channels of God".

History[edit]

The School was established by the Catholic Church through by Rev. Father Lebel on 8 July 1960. The School had an initial enrollment of 31 students and was mainly managed by the Catholic Church until 1990 where the Government of Ghana through the Ghana Education Service (GES) took over in 1996.[2] The current Rector of the School is Rev. Father Francis Kodelogo, a catholic priest.[3] The students' performance in the West African School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) has been recorded.[4][5][6]

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  2. ^ "NOTRE DAME SHS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS". NOTRE DAME SHS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Notre Dame Seminary". Catholic Diocese Navrongo-Bolgatanga. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "2016 wassce ranking - Askmeghana". askmeghana.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. ^ "OVERALL 20 BEST SCHOOLS IN GHANA ACCORDING TO WAEC 2018 RESULTS". www.infinix.club. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Emmanuel Bombande -'I Am For Peace'". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 28 September 2019.