# Dzodze Penyi Senior High School

Dzodze Penyi Senior High School is located in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region, Ghana. The school was established in 1963 as a college for teacher training. The high school has 44 permanent teachers, 35 non-teaching staff, one service person and one Peace-Corps volunteer. The motto of the School is 'Stoop to Conquer.' These words were taken from a comedy titled She Stoops to Conquer, which was written by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith.

## History

First principal S.S. Dogbe transferred from St. Francis Teacher Training College in Hohoe in the Volta Region. In 1972, the training college was changed into a secondary school. After the change, a new principal, Tordzro, was appointed. He was assisted by Dick Ametewee.
The Ministry of Education made the decision to reject some Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana in 1971 and Dzodze Training College was one of them. Students of the training college were transferred to the Akatsi Teacher Training College, and only the last batch of teachers were left. Admission of secondary school students began in the 1971–1972 academic year.
The school has a library, science resource center, computer laboratory, visual arts workshop, boarding facility, and a standard playing field. The school enrolls 970 students; 560 male and 410 female.

## Academic programs

Programs offered by the school include:
* General Arts
* General Science
* Agricultural Science
* Visual Arts
* Home Economics
* Business

## Facilities

Over the years, classrooms, an administration block, and a boys dormitory were built for the students. A 540-capacity girls’ dormitory for completed in 2009. The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) project, executed by John Mock Construction Works, is expected to address the major challenges that female students of the school go through in their search for good residential accommodation. Then Headmaster John F.Q. Agbadi, lamented the lack of staff bungalows, which was making supervision difficult in view of the increasing student population. The school has no gates and clean water.

## Headmasters

| Name | Year | Term |
| S. S. Dogbey | 1963–1972 | 9 years |
| Tordzro | 1972–1979 | 7 years |
| Ametewee | 1979–1986 | 7 years |
| Segbefia | 1986–1993 | 6 years |
| Dorvlo | 1993–1996 | 4 years |
| Ebenezer Atieku | 1996–2007 | 11 years |
| Doga Jacob | 4 July – 29 September 2007 | 8 weeks |
| S. K Senaye | 2007–2009 | 1 year, 4 months |
| Doga Jacob | 30 January – 23 February 2009 | 24 days |
| Tumaku | 23 February – 6 October 2009 | 7 months, 13 days |
| John Agbadi | 2009–2012 | 3 years |
| C.F. Q. Nyadudzi | 2012–2017 | 5 years |
| Matthew Kudroha | 2017–present | |

## Notable alumni

* Stephen Normeshie, chief executive officer of Ghana Export Promotion Authority
* Emmanuel Salu, Director at Environmental Protection Agency, Accra
* Lawrence Akpeleafashie, Circuit Supervisor Ghana Education Service
* Yaw Tettegah, Divisional Commander - Ghana Police Service. Airport
* Emmanuel Srofenyoh, Deputy Director - Ridge Hospital. Accra
* Charles Nornoo, Project Coordinator - Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project
* Nana Osarfo Kantanka, Managing Director - TAQA GHANA, Takoradi International Company