The Ghana Secondary Technical School^[1][2] is a science and technology-oriented high school located in Takoradi on the west coast of Ghana. It is the third oldest high school in Ghana^[3] - the oldest 'non-missionary' high school.^[4] The School was founded on 9 August 1909 in Accra^[5][6] as Accra Technical School and later changed to Government Technical School. It moved to its current site in Takoradi in 1939.^[7] In 1953, the name was changed to Government Secondary Technical School, and in 1970, it was given its current name.^[8] Former students of the school are known as Giants, and students in the school are called Tescans.^[9]

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Ghana Secondary Technical School GSTS
Address
Pobee Biney Rd, Takoradi Sekondi-Takoradi , Western Region Ghana
Coordinates	04°53′52″N 01°44′59″W
Information
Type	Secondary Technical
Motto	Mente et Manu (With mind and hands)
Established	9 August 1909; 114 years ago (1909-08-09)
Status	Active
School district	Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA)
GES Category	A
Headmaster	Rev. Kennedy Obeng
Chaplain	Very Rev. Frederick Asare-Bediako (Methodist)
Teaching staff	50
Grades	Form 1 to 3
Gender	All male
Enrollment	2500+
Campus	Residential
Houses	1-Ritchie   2-Vanderpuye   3-Weston   4-Opong (formerly Robinson)   5-Aryee   6-Dodoo   7-Kennedy   8-Einstein   9-Cobbinah   10-Mensah   11-Unnamed   12-Unnamed
Color(s)	Bright yellow walls with crimson structural members and fascia.
Athletics	Track, field and courts
Mascot	Mother Tesco - oldest and tallest tree on campus which has recently been cut down.
Nickname	The Giants/Tescan
Rival	St John's Senior High School
National ranking	3
Yearbook	The Tescan
Affiliation	GSTS Alumni Association.
Flagship society	Army (Infantry) Cadet Corps, est 1954.
Traditional colors	Red and white
Uniform color	Tan
Courses	General Science Technical General Arts
Website	www.gsts.school

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The school was started in 1909 as a pure Technical School ^[1]and was then sited at the former premises of the Accountant General (the current site of Kinbu Secondary Technical School in Accra).^[1][5] It was founded in response to the growing demand for technical education in the British colonies at that time.^[1]

In 1939, the school was moved to Takoradi. The first head was Mr. T. T. Gilbert.^[1][7] The first African head was Mr. J.W.L. Mills, who took up his post in 1958.^[1] A sixth-form was introduced in 1961.^[1]

The school's name changed from Government Secondary Technical School to Ghana Secondary Technical School in 1970.^[1][8]

For a brief period in the mid-nineteen-seventies students were admitted as part of military training. This started with Intake 15 of the then Military Academy and Training Schools.^[10] They underwent a combination of regular academic work with intermittent military training during holidays.^[11]

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GSTS ANTHEM – By Gt Stephen Agyefi Mensah 1996

Verse 1:

Honor O God, our leaders great

To whom you gave wisdom and power

To build this Glorious institute

Chorus:

So grant us, Lord Divine

Hope, Strength and Love

To Cherish and Uphold G.S.TS

Verse 2:

With zeal they toiled with hands and brains

And serve faithfully with their might

Their dear nation and made their mark

Chorus:

So grant us, Lord Divine

Hope, Strength and Love

To Cherish and Uphold G.S.TS

Verse 3:

Great is the duty we still owe

With full commitment and hard work

To strive and shirk not our duty

Chorus 2x:

So grant us, Lord Divine

Hope, Strength and Love

To Cherish and Uphold G.S.T.S

• Winners of the 2012 National Science and Maths Quiz Competition(And two times runner up)^[12]
• Winners of the 62nd Independence Quiz Competition^[13]
• 2014 best WASSCE student was a Tescan.^[14]
• In 11 June 2018, 14 students from Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) Takoradi represented Ghana Genius Olympiad hosted at Suny Oswego University in New York City, United States of America (USA) started from June 11 to 18, 2018.^[15]

Academics

• Kwesi Akwansah Andam, Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana
• Agyeman Badu Akosa, professor of Pathology, former Director of Ghana Health Service, politician and social commentator

Science and technology

• Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, aerospace engineer at NASA

Sports

• Augustine Ahinful – Football player

Politics and governance

• Fred Ohene-Kena – former Minister for Mines and Energy.
• Mike Hammah - Former NDC Member of Parliament for Winneba (Effutu Constituency)
• Nana Akomea (New Patriotic Party)
• Hon. Alfred Ekow Gyan – politician, former Deputy Western Regional Minister
• William Agyapong Quaitoo – Member of Parliament for Akim Oda Constituency, former Deputy Minister for Agriculture
• Francis Edward Techie-Menson – politician, member of parliament and minister of state during the first republic
• Richard Quarshigah – politician, member of parliament and minister of state

Military

• Joseph Narh Adinkra -former Chief of Army Staff
• Stephen Obimpeh – former Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy, former minister of state.
• Matthew Quashie – former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces
• Peter Kofi Faidoo – chief of naval staff

Others

• Odeneho Gyapong Ababio II
• K.Y. Amoako
• Augustine Ahinful