Northern School of Business

Northern School of Business, as it is currently known was established as a private school in 1972 by Mr. A. S. O. Arthur. The school was then housed in a makeshift structure without electricity, pipe-borne water, and other basic facilities that make for a standard institution. The school was absorbed into the Public System in 1976. It was converted into a Senior Secondary School in 1991.

It has been universally acclaimed that Knowledge is a key to a better life at all stages of an individual’s life. At Nobisco, the doors to a successful life are widely opened. And students who find themselves here rest assured of embarking on a journey towards the acquisition of new knowledge in order to transform their lives thereafter. We hope that at Nobisco, you will find the comfort and serenity towards realizing your dreams.

The school is a mixed school with day and boarding as its housing status.

Courses offered in the school are Business, Home Economics, General Arts, and General Science. It has 36 Classrooms, 2 Science Labs, a Library, and a Computer Lab.

History

Northern School of Business Senior High, Tamale, (NOBISCO) as it is affectionately called is one of the oldest senior high schools in the Tamale Metropolis. It was founded in 1971 by Mr. A. S. O. Arthur as a private business school. Within the first decade of its establishment, Nobisco was run in makeshift wooden structures with no electricity, potable water, and other basic facilities needed to make students' life and academic work comfortable and endurable. The school started with a little over a hundred (100) students occupying a land area of about 52.7 square acres even though a significant part of it has encroached.

From its beginning, students offered the following programmes: English Language, Mathematics, Business Methods, Commerce, History, Islamic Studies, Ghanaian Languages, and Geography leading to the award of the General Certificate of Education (GCE “O” Level).

However, in 1991, Nobisco was absorbed by the government as a public school, converted into a senior secondary school, and started to offer predominantly business-oriented programmes in addition to Home Economics. Thus, the majority of students were offering business courses BLUE A, B, and C with a specialization in Accounting, Business Management, Costing, and Economics. There was also class RED for Secretarial and Management with Typing and Clerical Office Duties (COD), Business Management and Economics being their electives. The non-Business GOLD class – Home Economics read Economics, Food, and Nutrition, Management -in-Living, Clothing, and Textiles.

The school currently offers Business (Accounting Option), Home Economics, General Arts, and General Science. Note, that the Secretarial and Management option is temporally not offered by any of the current batches. Plans are far advanced to introduce Information Communication and Technology in place of it owing to the technology driven world we are currently witnessing.

Our Vision

To provide quality education to its students so as to enable them to acquire the requisite qualification for further learning at the tertiary level; become responsible and productive citizens ready to assume leadership roles in the country’s socio-economic development, poverty reduction agenda, and as well promote curricular activities needed for human resource development.

Mission

The mission of the school is to recruit and maintain qualified, competent, and dedicated staff who will give their outmost best in tuition; and also to admit BECE leavers who have attained the requisite qualification, in order to ensure quality education delivery with the view of achieving national development.