Makarantar St. Mary's Seminary / Babban Makarantar Sakandare

Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Mary's Seminary/Babban Sakandare (SMASCO), wacce a da take Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Mary's, wata cibiya ce ta maza masu hawa keke ta biyu da ke Lolobi, a Yankin Oti na Ghana .  

 Tarihi 
An kafa SMASCO a matsayin ƙaramin cocin seminary a Lolobi a ranar 29 ga Satumba, 1961 ta Cocin Katolika na Roman Katolika a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Reverend Anthony Konings, wani mai wa'azin ƙasar Holland wanda shi ne bishop na Keta-Akatsi Diocese . "Educational Institutions". www.centralregion.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011 An yi niyyar wannan cibiyar ta yi aiki a matsayin ƙaramin cocin seminary ga dukkan Diocese na Keta da kuma makarantar sakandare a yankin. Tun daga ranar da aka kafa ta, SMASCO ta buɗe hanyar shiga ga waɗanda ba sa zuwa seminary da ɗaliban dukkan ƙungiyoyi.

Shugaban makarantar farko shine Fr. William Van Frankenhuijesen, SMA. Daga 1970 zuwa 1972, Fr. Francis Lodonu wanda Bishop Anthony Konings ya naɗa a matsayin firist a Gbi Atabu a ranar 18 ga Mayu 1964, an naɗa shi mataimakin shugaban makarantar sannan daga baya ya zama shugaban makarantar St. Mary's Minor Seminary. Tsakanin 1972 da 1973, ya zama shugaban makarantar sakandare ta St. Mary's. Yayin da yake St. Mary's, Fr. Lodonu ya kuma koyar da Latin a Form I, Ewe Language, Bible Science and Geography a Form IV da V. A ranar 29 ga Yuni 1973, Paparoma Paul VI ya naɗa Lodonu a matsayin bishop a Rome a St. Peters Basilica.  Sauran shugabannin makarantar sun haɗa da Rev. Fr. Ephraim Mensah, Rev. Fr. Anthony Hwanompe, Rev. Fr. Edward Siffah, "Educational Institutions". www.centralregion.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011 da Rev. Fr. Pascal Afesi. "2nd Ministerial list out: Akufo-Addo creates new ministries, re-aligns old". myjoyonline.com. myjoyonline. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017 Ya zuwa watan Yunin 2020, makarantar tana ƙarƙashin kulawar Diocese na Roman Katolika na Ho . A shekarar 1977, makarantar ta zama makaranta da gwamnati ke tallafawa, kamar sauran makarantun Katolika a yankin.

 Gwamnati 
Kungiyar SMASCO tana karkashin jagorancin Firistocin Katolika kuma da yawa daga cikin malamanta suma Firistocin Katolika ne. Rev. Fr. Felix Akpah shine shugaban makarantar St. Mary's Minor Seminary tun daga watan Yunin 2020. "Educational Institutions". www.centralregion.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011 Tun daga watan Yunin 2020, Rector na Karamar Makarantar St. Mary shine Very Rev. Fr. Paul Afetor yayin da Limamin makarantar sakandare da kuma na sakandare shine Rev. Fr. John Winfred Bosso.

 Ƙungiyar ɗalibai 
Yawan ɗaliban makarantar ya kama daga 1,500 zuwa 1,700 kowace shekara, inda kusan kashi 96% na ɗaliban suna cikin ɗakin kwanan dalibai. Ana kiran ɗaliban SMASCANS kuma tsofaffin ɗaliban ana kiransu da CARDINALS. Waƙar makarantar da takenta shine "Domine Adsum", wanda aka fassara zuwa Turanci a matsayin "Ubangiji nan ni ne".  Ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗalibai ana kiranta da St. Mary's Old Boys Association (SMOBA). Ana kiran ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta St. Mary's Seminary Choir. Wannan ƙungiyar mawaƙa tana jagorantar ibada ta yau da kullun a cikin cocin harabar jami'a kuma tana yin wasa a Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto a Kpando-Agbonoxoe a yankin Volta a lokacin aikin hajji. Ayyukan da ba na koyarwa ba a harabar jami'a sun haɗa da ƙwallon ƙafa, wasan ƙwallon raga, ƙwallon kwando, wasanni, ƙwallon hannu da wasan tennis na tebur. Akwai hamayya tsakanin SMASCO da sauran makarantu kamar Hohoe EP Senior High School, Bishop Herman College, Mawuli School, da OLA Girls Senior High School a fannin ilimi da sauransu. "Educational Institutions". www.centralregion.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2011

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