24/06/2023
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GREAT SOGASCO
Sogakofe Senior High School also known as the Lower Volta Varsity or Sogasco, was established in 1961 as one of the Ghana Government Education Trust Schools under the CPP regime led by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It is located at the District Capital of South Tongu, Sogakope (Sogakɔƒe).
The school begun with a modest number of 13 students (nine boys and four girls). At the end of the first term in December 1961, the enrollment increased to 28. In June 1966, the school sat for its first ever WAEC O'Level examination.
Currently, the school has a population of about 5,000 students. The school has produced, engineers, doctors, lawyers, well known politicians, pilots, computer scientists, entrepreneurs among others.
The school has Day and Boarding facilities for Male and Female students. Sogakofe Senior High school is located at Sogakofe on 319.76 square acre land acquired by Government. In terms of physical structure and school size, the school is the largest institution and the first boarding senior high school in the South Tongu District, and also by far the leading school in the district in terms of academic performance and other school activity competitions.
Motto
No Cross, No Crown
Mission
To offer quality education to its students to attain academic and moral excellence in discipline and clean environment to prepare them for tertiary education.
Vision
To produce students with high academic standards, disciplined, principled and morally upright, which ensures holistic development.
Sogakope Senior High Anthem
Stand ye SOGASCANS alike
With Knowledge, Pure and Sacrifice unmanned
And much with Love unfeigned
To shine, shine year by year
Sowing seeds for a richer store
Sing out aloud (Oh! Brother)
Sing out aloud (Oh! Sister)
All SOGASCANS sing out aloud
No Cross, No Crown, No Tears, No Diadem
Behold the scepter comes
And victory is ours forever
Sogakope Senior High Pledge
I pledge to SOGASCO my motherland
To serve her with all my strength in humility
And to be honest to her cross.
To I promise to admit to my studies
To gain Knowledge and Wisdom
Spreading it in the community and the whole world.
I pledge to carry the crown of unity and success;
To uphold and defend the good name of SOGASCO.
So help me God
Sogakofe Senior High School offers courses such as;
General Programmes: (i) Science (ii) Arts
Business Programme: (i) Accounting
Agricultural Science: (i) Animal Science (ii) Crop Science
Vocational Programmes: (i) Visual Arts (ii) Home Economics etc.
Houses
1. Volta
2. John Miller
3. Nkrumah
4. Datsa
Additionally, all students are made to study Information Communication Technology, of which the school has a well-resourced ICT Laboratory.
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Compiled by Kwami