How many schools are there in Western North Region?

1,508 schools across 9 districts, which is 3.5% of every school in Ghana. 23 of them are senior high schools.

Which district in Western North Region has the most schools?

Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal, with 328 schools.

How do I find schools near me in Western North Region?

Open the schools near me page and allow your location, or choose your town. It lists the closest schools to you from the schools whose position we trust. Each district page in Western North Region also lists its schools.

What are the best schools in Western North Region?

We do not rank schools. Well-known names include Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School and Bibiani Senior High Technical School, and Wiawso College of Education trains teachers. To compare schools by results, boarding and programmes, use the SchoolRegistry directory.

Which region was Western North part of before 2019?

Western North was part of the Western Region until it was created in 2019 after a referendum on 27 December 2018. Exam results from before 2019 are recorded under Western, so they cover the whole old region and not Western North alone.

Is there a university in Western North Region?

Not a public one yet. In mid-2025 the President said the government was in discussions with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission about one. A UMaT satellite campus operates in Bibiani, and Bibiani College of Health and Allied Sciences has a satellite campus at Sefwi Anhwiaso.

Schools in Western North Region

1,508 schools across 9 districts in Western North Region, 3.5% of every school in Ghana, against an average of 2,727 a region. 23 are senior high schools and 17% of schools with a stated owner are private. The regional capital is Sefwi Wiawso. About 63% of people aged 6 and over can read and write (our calculation from Census 2021 counts).

Forest at Bia National Park in the Western North Region — Bia National Park. Photo: AmarAfshin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Schools

1,508

average region 2,727

Districts

261 in Ghana

Senior high

1.5% of the schools here

Private share

16.6%

Ghana 29.0%

Literacy, 6 and over

62.8%

Ghana 69.8%, Census 2021, our calculation

People, Census 2021

880,921

Ghana Statistical Service

About Western North Region

Western North Region is one of the six regions created in 2019. It was split from the former Western Region after the referendum of 27 December 2018, in which 99.51 percent voted yes. Sefwi Wiawso is the capital. The region covers about 10,257 square kilometres and had 880,921 residents at the 2021 census, spread over nine districts. Cocoa, timber and mining lead the local economy. Because the region is so new, exam and census results from before 2019 are filed under the old Western Region and cannot be read as Western North figures. Schools here include Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School, where the Asantehene studied, and Bibiani Senior High Technical School, which opened in 1966 with 15 students. Wiawso College of Education trains teachers in the capital. In mid-2025 the region still had no public university, though talks were under way. Bia National Park and Biosphere Reserve protects forest on the border with Cote d'Ivoire.

How the region came about: Created in 2019 from the former Western Region. The referendum on 27 December 2018 returned 99.51 percent yes on a 77.69 percent turnout. Figures from before 2019 for this area sit under the old Western Region.

What makes Western North Region proud

Western North was created after a 2018 referendum in which 99.51 percent voted yes.
Bia National Park and Biosphere Reserve protects forest on the Cote d'Ivoire border and includes the Apaaso sacred grove.
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, went to Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School.
Bibiani Senior High Technical School grew from 15 students in 1966 to 2,192 today.
Cocoa, timber and mining power the region's economy.

Education pride in Western North

Founding years are shown only where the sources are reliable and agree. A school without a year here is listed without one rather than guessed.

Sefwi Wiawso Senior High Schoolopened 1961
Bibiani Senior High Technical School (BISEC)opened 1966

In mid-2025 Western North still had no public university. The President said the government was in talks with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission about one.
A STEM school at Awaso is among the education investments named by local leaders in 2024.

Universities and colleges based here

Bibiani College of Health and Allied Sciences (satellite campus at Sefwi Anhwiaso) Sefwi Anhwiaso, health college campus
University of Mines and Technology (satellite campus) Bibiani, university campus

Western North in numbers

1,508 schools on the register, counted by level and owner, against the whole country.

Schools by level

Basic schools1,077 · 71%
Primary schools204 · 14%
Junior high schools188 · 12%
Senior high schools23 · 2%
Kindergartens6 · 0%
Vocational schools3 · 0%
Nursing and midwifery training colleges3 · 0%

Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24. Basic schools combine KG, primary and JHS at one campus and are not split in the register.

Public and private

83% public

17% private

Ghana: 29.0% private. Share is of schools with a stated owner.

Every school in Western North Region, one mark each.475 of 1,508 drawn at their own position, 1,033 with only a town or district position left off.Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24

Literacy and learning

Literacy is our own calculation from the Census 2021 counts. Learning scores are older, and are labelled with the region as it was then.

Share of people aged 6 and over who can read and write, by region

Western North is 62.8% against 69.8% for the 16 regions together. Highest: Greater Accra 87.9%. Lowest: Savannah 32.8%.

Our calculation from Census 2021 counts (470,614 literate of 749,168 aged 6 and over in Western North). Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2021.

Western North Region was created in 2019, from the old Western Region. The learning scores we hold (BECE averages to 2018 and national assessments to 2016) were collected before it existed and belong to the older region, so we show none for Western North.

The 2022 District League Table gave Western North a regional education score of 47.6 for 2021/22.2021/22
Old region data: before 2019 this area belonged to Western. Western (pre-2019) averaged 298.3 out of 600 in the BECE in 2018, covering the whole old region and not Western North alone.2018, old boundaries

Culture and heritage in Western North Region

Festival months are the usual ones, and some move with the lunar calendar. Ask locally before you travel.

Traditional affairs are led by six paramountcies, and Sefwi, Brusa and Anyin are the indigenous languages.

Heritage sites

national parkBia National Park and Biosphere ReserveBia West Forest park on the Cote d'Ivoire border with national park status since 1974. It sits within a biosphere reserve that includes the Apaaso sacred grove.

A tall tree in the Bia Forest, Western North Region — Tall trees in Bia Forest. Photo: Akiwumi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The economy of Western North Region in a line

Cocoa, timber and mining lead the economy, with gold, manganese and diamonds named among the minerals.

Districts of Western North Region

Every district, with its private share and senior high count. Schools with no district recorded are in the region total only.

District	Schools	Private	Senior high
Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal	328	12%	6
Juaboso	279	17%	2
Sefwi Wiawso Municipal	209	27%	5
Sefwi Akontombra	195	14%	3
Bia West	145	14%	1
Aowin Municipal	131	9%	1
Bodi	89	31%	2
Bia East	81	10%	1
Suaman	43	21%	1

Cities and towns in Western North Region

Senior high schools in Western North Region

The first ten of 23. The full list, by district, has its own page.

Senior high schools in Western North Region
School	Level	Ownership	District
Adabokrom Community Day SHS	Senior High	public	Bia East
Adjoafua Senior High Secondary	Senior High	public	Aowin Municipal
Akontombra Senior High School	Senior High	public	Sefwi Akontombra
Akontombra SHS	Senior High	public	Sefwi Akontombra
Amoaya Senior High	Senior High	private	Bodi
Asawinso Senior High School	Senior High	public	Sefwi Wiawso Municipal
Awaso STEM SHS	Senior High	public	Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal
Bennie Appenteng Senior High School	Senior High	private	Sefwi Wiawso Municipal
Bia Senior High Technical School	Senior High	public	Bia West
Bibiani Secondary/Technical School	Senior High	public	Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal

All 23 senior high schools in Western North Region

Schools near me in Western North Region

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Questions people ask about schools in Western North Region

How many schools are there in Western North Region?: 1,508 schools across 9 districts, which is 3.5% of every school in Ghana. 23 of them are senior high schools.
Which district in Western North Region has the most schools?: Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal, with 328 schools.
How do I find schools near me in Western North Region?: Open the schools near me page and allow your location, or choose your town. It lists the closest schools to you from the schools whose position we trust. Each district page in Western North Region also lists its schools.
What are the best schools in Western North Region?: We do not rank schools. Well-known names include Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School and Bibiani Senior High Technical School, and Wiawso College of Education trains teachers. To compare schools by results, boarding and programmes, use the SchoolRegistry directory.
Which region was Western North part of before 2019?: Western North was part of the Western Region until it was created in 2019 after a referendum on 27 December 2018. Exam results from before 2019 are recorded under Western, so they cover the whole old region and not Western North alone.
Is there a university in Western North Region?: Not a public one yet. In mid-2025 the President said the government was in discussions with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission about one. A UMaT satellite campus operates in Bibiani, and Bibiani College of Health and Allied Sciences has a satellite campus at Sefwi Anhwiaso.