Senior High School (SHS)

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Duration: 4 years

3.1 ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS (SHS1)

  • Age : from 16 years
  • BECE aggregate not more than 18 for direct admission
  • For aggregates from 19 to 24, the average performance in Mathematics, English & Science in the Entrance Exams., should not be less than 50%.

NB: 1 Admissions into SHS 2 and SHS 3, on transfer basis, can also be gained based on the availability of vacancies and performance in an Entrance Examinations.

NB: 2 The school's  policy does not allow any admission into SHS 4 (final year).

3.2 REQUIRED EXTERNAL EXAM

The SHS final year students (SHS 4) are required at the end of the SHS cycle to write  a  West African Examinations Council organized examination called: West African Senior  School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).

WASSCE results are the main requirements for admission into tertiary educational institutions in Ghana.

3.3 SHS PROGRAMMES AND SUBJECTS

GLISS offers three programmes: Science, Business and General Arts from SHS 2.

SCIENCE PROGRAMME

BUSINESS PROGRAMME

GENERAL ARTS PROGRAMME

CORE SUBJECTS

  1. English
  2. Math
  3. Int. Science
  4. ICT
  5. Arabic**
  6. Islamic Studies**

ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

  1. Elective Math
  2. Biology
  3. Chemistry
  4. Physics

CORE SUBJECTS

  1. English
  2. Math
  3. Int. Science
  4. ICT
  5. Arabic**
  6. Islamic Studies**

ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

(option 1)

  1. Management
  2. Cost Accounting
  3. Financial Accounting
  4. Economics

(Option 2)

  1. Management
  2. Elective Maths
  3. Accounting
  4. Economics

CORE SUBJECTS

  1. English
  2. Math
  3. Int. Science
  4. ICT
  5. Arabic**

ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

(Option 1)

  1. Elective English
  2. Islamic Religious Studies
  3. Economics
  4. Government

(Option 2)

  1. Economics
  2. Geography
  3. French
  4. Government

NB 1:   Arabic and Islamic studies (core **) are not examinable subjects in the WASSCE examinations.

NB 2:  No elective subjects are taught in SHS 1.

The subjects taught in the SHS 1 are:

    1. English
    2. Mathematics
    3. Integrated Science
    4. Social Studies
    5. ICT
    6. Arabic
    7. Islamic Religious Studies

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