Top 10 Cleanest SHS Hostels in Ghana (2025 Edition)

13th July 2025

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Discover Ghana’s top 10 cleanest public SHS hostels in 2025. Explore schools with outstanding sanitation, modern facilities, and well-maintained boarding environments.

🏆 Introduction: A New Standard for Cleanliness

Ghana 🇬🇭 is setting the bar high in West Africa 🌍 when it comes to public secondary school hostels. From state-of-the-art dormitories to strict sanitation protocols, many Senior High Schools (SHS) are now investing in clean, healthy, and modern hostel environments.

In this 2025 edition, we showcase the top 10 cleanest SHS hostels in Ghana, based on facility audits, student feedback, and hygiene standards.

🔟 Top 10 Cleanest SHS Hostels in Ghana

Rank	School Name	Region	Hostel Highlights
1️⃣	PRESEC Legon	Greater Accra	Ultra-modern washrooms, regular fumigation, tiled floors
2️⃣	Holy Child School	Central	Student-led hostel committees ensure hygiene rules
3️⃣	Prempeh College	Ashanti	Refurbished blocks, clean toilet systems, janitor teams
4️⃣	Aburi Girls SHS	Eastern	En-suite cubicles, filtered water systems
5️⃣	Wesley Girls’ High School	Central	Fully tiled hostel wings, modern drainage, top hygiene rating
6️⃣	Achimota School	Greater Accra	Renovated hostels with eco-friendly waste management
7️⃣	St. Roses SHS	Eastern	Neatly kept hostels, ceiling fans, tiled laundry areas
8️⃣	Opoku Ware School	Ashanti	Separate dorm cubicles, trained hostel staff
9️⃣	Archbishop Porter Girls’	Western	Weekly health inspection, campus-wide cleaning days
🔟	St. Louis SHS	Ashanti	LED-lit hostels, disinfected regularly, orderly bunks

🧽 What Makes These Hostels the Cleanest?

✅ Hygiene Policies

Daily cleaning rosters
Weekly disinfection exercises
Sanitation prefects with real authority

✅ Infrastructure Investment

Water-efficient bathrooms
Tile flooring, mosquito nets, solar lights
Enclosed refuse collection units

✅ Staff & Student Collaboration

Hostel attendants trained in health & safety
Regular student orientation on hostel hygiene
Functioning suggestion/complaint system

Special Mentions (Honourable)

Adisadel College – Western-style hostel layout
T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS, Kumasi – Mosque-linked hostel cleaning programs
Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS – Strong sanitary pad disposal system
Pope John SHS & Minor Seminary – Airy design and large bathing areas

National Clean School Initiative (2025 Update)

The Ghana Education Service (GES), in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation, has rolled out:

Annual Clean Hostel Award 🏅
Environmental Health Inspections twice a term
GES-Hospital hostel hygiene partnership in 5 pilot regions

🌍 Regional Hostel Cleanliness Ratings (2025)

Region	Cleanliness Rating (⭐ out of 5)
Greater Accra	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Central	⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Ashanti	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eastern	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Western	⭐⭐⭐
Bono	⭐⭐⭐
Volta	⭐⭐✨
Northern	⭐⭐
Upper East	⭐⭐
Upper West	⭐

Tips for SHS Students Living in Hostels

Keep your corner neat every day
Report leaking taps/toilets early
Use waste bins properly—don’t throw behind dorms
Disinfect your mattress at least once a term
Follow the hostel rules on silence, cleaning, and food storage

🎯 Final Thoughts

Ghana’s SHS hostel standards are rising fast especially in public schools once written off for poor hygiene. With investments in infrastructure and sanitation, the nation is becoming a regional model.

Students deserve safe, clean spaces to thrive. And the schools on this list are showing that excellence in academics can go hand-in-hand with excellence in hygiene.

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