Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary
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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.
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P. O. Box 370 Koforidua, Ghana Eastern Region , Ghana , Eastern Region , 23321 | |
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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 |
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.