page_title: Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary
section_title: Academic performance
hierarchical_section_title: Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary / Academic performance
caption_attribution_description: English: pojoss
context_page_description: Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary, 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, to which they respond Daasebre. Since its establishment in 1958, the school has achieved many successes and has produced great men for Ghana and the world over. There are 2100 boys in the school.
context_section_description: Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary maintains a very high academic standard and has over the years distinguished itself in the areas  of Science, Business,and Arts. In 2012, the school placed 9th on the WASSCE order of merit (Education in Koforidua), and has emerged victorious in many inter-school academic competitions. A survey indicates that Pojoss contributes over 60% of its students to tertiary institutions around the globe every year. Also, in 2015, Pope John Senior High School came 1st in the WASSCE rankings.
caption: Pope John wins National Independence Day Debate 2000. Team members include renowned Ghanaian journalist Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, second from left.
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