Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary information
Boys boarding school in Koforidua, Ghana
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Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary
Pojoss Insignia
Address
P. O. Box 370
Koforidua, Ghana
Eastern Region
Koforidua
,
Ghana
,
Eastern Region
,
23321
Ghana
Information
School type
Government funded, Boys Boarding/ Residential
Motto
Vela Damus
(We Set Sail)
Religious affiliation(s)
Christianity
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)
Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. John
Established
21 January 1958; 66 years ago (21 January 1958)
Founder
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD
School board
Board of Governors
School district
New Juabeng Municipal Assembly
Oversight
Ghana Education Service
Rector
Very Rev. Fr. Ebenezer Amo-Oduro
Headmistress
Rev. Fr. Benjamin Ohene
Chaplain
Rev. Fr. Joel Kwame
Staff
93 teachers
Grades
Forms' (1–3)
Gender
Boys
Age range
14–18
Enrollment
c. 1500
Average class size
50
Language
English
Campus
Effiduase
Houses
7
Colour(s)
Yellow and blue-black
Slogan
Pojoba Daasebre!!
Song
O Great Pojomma Arise and Shine!
Fight song
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Athletics
Track and Field
Mascot
Boat
Nickname
POJOSS
Rival
St. Peter's Senior High School
USNWR ranking
Grade A
Publication
POJOMAG
Newspaper
The Gong
Affiliation
Roman Catholic Church, Ghana
Alumni
Pope John Old Boys Association(POJOBA)
Website
popejohnshs.edu.gh
Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (formerly St John's Seminary and College, nicknamed POJOSS), is an all-boys boarding school, located at Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established in 1958 by Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD as a Catholic seminary for boys who wished to become priests. Students are offered courses such as general arts, general science, business and visual arts to pursue and after their stay in the school, sit an external examination called the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to be placed in any of the tertiary institutions in the country.
The students of the school are usually referred to as Pojomma while the alumni are addressed as Pojoba,[1][2] to which they respond Daasebre. There are about 2100 boys in the school.
^"CDS Donates 10000 cedis to alma mater".
^"KNUST branch of POJOBA donate to alma mater". Modern Ghana.
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