{"id":2237,"date":"2024-02-23T20:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grsoftsolution.com\/ohcs\/?page_id=2237"},"modified":"2024-04-10T22:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:28:45","slug":"government-secretarial-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grsoftsolution.com\/ohcs\/training-institutions\/government-secretarial-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Secretarial School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2237\" class=\"elementor elementor-2237\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5214129 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5214129\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77eacad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77eacad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-center text5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gss.gov.gh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Go to website<\/a><\/p><p><strong>BRIEF HISTORY OF GOVERVMENT SECRETARIAL SCHOOL<\/strong><br \/>The Government Secretarial School was established in 1952 at Cantonments,\u00a0Accra, by the then British Colonial government of the Gold Coast under the\u00a0governorship\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0Lord\u00a0\u00a0Listowel.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0school\u00a0\u00a0was\u00a0\u00a0established\u00a0\u00a0as\u00a0\u00a0part\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0Africanisation policy to train high calibre secretarial staff for the civil service and\u00a0other public sector organizations. The first Principal was Miss Alice Morgan, an\u00a0European professional secretary. The school started with three female students.<\/p><p>The training was for duration of three months and comprised of Shorthand, Typing\u00a0and English Language. In 1957 the enrolment increased to 40 students made up\u00a010 young men and 30 women. Since its establishment, the school has trained\u00a0students from other African countries including Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe,\u00a0Zambia, Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania, Gambia, Cameroon and South Africa.<\/p><p>Apart from training students from other African countries, the school has also\u00a0helped\u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0establishment\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0secretarial\u00a0\u00a0schools\u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0other\u00a0\u00a0African\u00a0\u00a0countries\u00a0including Zanzibar now part of Tanzania Over the years, the school has expanded\u00a0and currently has six satellite campuses in Accra, Koforidua, Sekondi, Kumasi, Ho\u00a0and Tamale.<\/p><p>The school is the oldest and largest service provider when it comes to secretarial\u00a0training in Ghana with expert, professional and technical competence.<\/p><p><strong>Vision<\/strong><br \/>A\u00a0Centre of excellence for secretarial training<\/p><p><strong>Mission<\/strong><br \/>Government Secretarial School exists to provide high quality secretarial training to the Civil Service and the public.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc99ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc99ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"Functions1\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3\"><div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grsoftsolution.com\/ohcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024_02_13_15_39_IMG_58551.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-9\"><div class=\"textarea\"><p><strong>ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Master of Philosophy in English<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>University of Ghana, Legon (2014)<\/p><ul><li><strong>Master of Arts in Adult Education<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>University of Ghana, Legon (2005)<\/p><ul><li><strong>Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and English<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>University of Ghana, Legon (2001)<\/p><p><strong>PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chartered Professional Administrator Plus Full Member<\/li><\/ul><p>Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants-Ghana.<\/p><ul><li>Certificate in Senior Management Development Programme <strong>GIMPA (2019)<\/strong><\/li><li>Certificate in Public Administration<\/li><\/ul><p>Chinese Academy of Governance-Beijing (2018)<\/p><p><strong>DESIGNATION:<\/strong><\/p><p>PRINCIPAL<\/p><p>2014 to Date: Government Secretarial School<\/p><p><strong>AUTHOR OF:<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;Concise Natural English and Business Communication&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<strong>SEMINARS ATTENDED:<\/strong><\/p><p>A member of a Peer-to-Peer Study Tour London, the UK<\/p><p>(January 2022)<\/p><div><p><strong>HOBBIES:<\/strong><\/p><p>He loves to read: newspapers, autobiographies, philosophical sayings and obituaries<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e3a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27e3a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\">MR. SOLOMON NOBI AMANOR<\/div><div class=\"content\">Principal: GSS<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3474c08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3474c08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-center\"><strong>FUNCTIONS<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Trains high calibre secretarial staff within the Civil Service, Public Service organizations and other quasi-governmental agencies.<\/li><li>Offers consultancy\u00a0 services\u00a0 to organizations\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 area\u00a0 of\u00a0 testing\u00a0 and interviewing applicants, for job and existing staff for promotion.<\/li><li>Organizes refresher\u00a0 courses\/induction\u00a0 courses\u00a0 for\u00a0 secretarial\u00a0 staff\u00a0 of organizations.\u00a0 Examines\u00a0 and\u00a0 awards certificates\u00a0 for\u00a0 courses\u00a0 and examinations conducted.<\/li><li>Organizes service-wide-in-service training courses for the Secretarial class of the\u00a0 Ministries,\u00a0 Departments\u00a0 and\u00a0 Agencies\u00a0 (MDAs)\u00a0 and other\u00a0 private establishments.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6d551 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c6d551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-center\"><strong>UNITS<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"departments-list-part\"><ul><li>RESEARCH &amp; CUR. DEVT<\/li><li>ACADEMIC AFFAIRS<\/li><li>ADMINISTRATION &amp; FIN.<\/li><li>GUIDANCE &amp; COUNSELLING<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ec155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9ec155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The GSS offers consultancy services to organisations for testing and interviewing applicants for jobs and existing staff for promotion.<br \/>GSS also conducts in-service training courses for secretarial staff of client organisations. The school examines and awards certificates for courses and examinations conducted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd74c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edd74c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-center\"><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"row contact-info\"><div class=\"col-md-4\"><div class=\"history-team\"><div class=\"title\">0302-776263<\/div><p>Reception<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4\"><div class=\"history-team\"><div class=\"title\">0257845441<\/div><p>General Administration<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4\"><div class=\"history-team\"><div class=\"title\">0257845441<\/div><p>Chief Directors Secretariat<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a8416 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"47a8416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/gss.gov.gh\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Go to website BRIEF HISTORY OF GOVERVMENT SECRETARIAL SCHOOLThe Government Secretarial School was established in 1952 at Cantonments,\u00a0Accra, by the then British Colonial government of the Gold Coast under the\u00a0governorship\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0Lord\u00a0\u00a0Listowel.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0school\u00a0\u00a0was\u00a0\u00a0established\u00a0\u00a0as\u00a0\u00a0part\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0Africanisation policy to train high calibre secretarial staff for the civil service and\u00a0other public sector organizations. 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