The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a harmonised prospectus outlining items required for students entering senior high school (SHS) for the 2026/27 academic year.
The prospectus provides a standard list of items for boarding students as parents and guardians prepare their wards for school.
The harmonised prospectus is expected to guide parents, guardians and students as they prepare for the 2026/27 academic year.
Among the items listed for boarding students:
- hard body suitcase or trunk
- chop box (wooden/plastic)
- drinking cup (1 plastic or stainless)
- plate and a set of cutlery
- toiletries (1 deodorant, 1 pack T-roll, tooth paste, tooth brush, soap, pomade and 2 packs of sanitary pads for girls)
- decent sandals (school specific - no embellishment)
- a pair of leather slippers (school specific)
- decent sneakers (black or white)
- 2 paid of socks (school specific)
- pyjamas /sleep wear
- underwear (5 pants and 3 vests for girls, 3 boxer shorts or pants and 3 singlets for boys
- 1 plastic bucket with cover and pail
- RSV.NIV Bible/Quran and Hymn Book for Christians (school specific)
- pillow
- 2 students bedsheet
- mosquito net
- school bag
- mathematical set s with 2 pillow cases - plain white
- 1 blanket and sleeping cloth
- a pair of khaki trousers
- a pair of white trousers (or school specific)
- white dress for ladies
- 2 white shirts (1 short sleeves and 1 long sleeve)
- student's size mosquito net
- 1 school bag
- 1 mathematical set and scientific calculator
- 2 checked dresses (where applicable)
- student mattress
- shoe (school specific colour)
- belt (school specific colour)
- 1 hoe/cutlass
- med shea organic mosquito repellent
The prospectus also includes items for school in categorised groups of three, from which students are to buy items from one group,
- Group 1
- a pair of hand gloves (hard)
- liquid soap (5 litres)
- 1 kg washing powdered soap.
- Group 2
- bleach (small size)
- dust pan
- 1 long handle broom
- 1 scrubbing brush
- Group 3
- 1 standing mop and mop bucket
- 1 duster
- 1 short local broom
All personal items should be embossed or embroidered with the student's name
For day students, the items are
- 1 mathematical set and scientific calculator
- decent sandals (school specific - no embellishment
- decent sneakers (black or white)
- 1 school bag
The prospectus also includes items for school in categorised groups of three, from which students are to buy items from one group,
- Group 1
- a pair of hand gloves (hard)
- liquid soap (5 litres)
- 1 kg washing powdered soap.
- Group 2
- bleach (small size)
- dust pan
- 1 long handle broom
- 1 scrubbing brush
- Group 3
- 1 standing mop and mop bucket
- 1 duster
- 1 short local broom
