A good essay, except that "ten best" does not cut it. Make a case for your school: Ghana's best! I went to Gomoa Secondary School and considers it the best school in Ghana!
Daniel:
A good essay, except that "ten best" does not cut it. Make a case for your school: Ghana's best! I went to Gomoa Secondary School and considers it the best school in Ghana!
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Thank you, Daniel, for this piece commemorating Kodzo's death. You never met him but his spirit was still living in Biheco when you were there.
Kodzo was the best headmaster in the Volta Region and among the best in Ghana ... read full comment
Thank you, Daniel, for this piece commemorating Kodzo's death. You never met him but his spirit was still living in Biheco when you were there.
Kodzo was the best headmaster in the Volta Region and among the best in Ghana, no two ways about that. For a long time, he was chairman of the conference of headmasters of assisted secondary schools in the VR and he bullied his fellow headmasters to do the right things always. Biheco was great under Kodzo. He managed the school so well that we heard government was always wanting to take away the surplus funds the school had accumulated all the time. And yet we had four meals a day - one of the few schools in Ghana with such a policy.
But Kodzo's greatest achievements were his dedication to academic excellence and disciplinary upbringing. This made the school truly one of the best in the country. The O and A level results were ALWAYS among the best in the country. Students always got special prizes from WAEC for top performance in subjects like Maths. Kodzo would proudly announce this at his Monday morning after breakfast assemblies.
Biheco made many of us what we are today. And Kodzo started it all. And he lived to a ripe old age - 92.
Rest in peace, Kodzo, the Dutchman who made his name in Kpandu and left his mark on the educational history of our country!
"Yes, Father".
Aooo, Kodzo. The whole of Kpandu will mourn him.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
"For a long time, he was chairman of the conference of headmasters of assisted secondary schools in the VR and he bullied his fellow headmasters to do the right things always."
"And yet we had four meals a day - one of the ... read full comment
"For a long time, he was chairman of the conference of headmasters of assisted secondary schools in the VR and he bullied his fellow headmasters to do the right things always."
"And yet we had four meals a day - one of the few schools in Ghana with such a policy."
Thank you for the aforementioned statements -- they show that, despite my research, there were many things I still was unable to unearth.
Well, I did not get to enjoy four meals a day, although our meals weren't too bad. I even was able to get the kitchen staff to provide me a special diet, as I did not eat pepper in those days.
One of the "staples" of the school was the mandatory trip to the farm each Saturday, which helped the school/kitchen staff cut down on cost. In effect, making us go to the farm was another of the several forms of self-discipline that we had to learn.
Sam, I see that you remember your Biheco days with extreme fondness. I hope many, many old and new Bihecans will see this piece, read it, and share their own experiences, as that'll be the best way to remember Rev. Father Priems.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Yes, Daniel, I have lots of memories from Biheco under Kodzo. I hope to share a few during the course of the day.
For a Dutchman, Kodzo's English was very good. He liked using big words so you'd have loved him, Daniel. He ... read full comment
Yes, Daniel, I have lots of memories from Biheco under Kodzo. I hope to share a few during the course of the day.
For a Dutchman, Kodzo's English was very good. He liked using big words so you'd have loved him, Daniel. He would always give notice to the school of dismissals and suspensions (very common with him) by putting up some of his big words on the school notice board. He would write something like:
The following students have been rusticated for gross misdemeanour and blatant disregard of authority...
Then he would sign it with his special signature which was like an angry fowl scratching the grass for a lost worm.
BISHOP 11 years ago
I enjoyed reading this article even though I was never a student of BIHECO but it brought back lots of memories.
Bro Danny how can you leave out the great Volta University (MAWULI SCHOOL) as it was once affectionately called ... read full comment
I enjoyed reading this article even though I was never a student of BIHECO but it brought back lots of memories.
Bro Danny how can you leave out the great Volta University (MAWULI SCHOOL) as it was once affectionately called?
Anyway it was a good article and every one believes their school is the best.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago
Mawuli Secondary School was also affectionately called Kole Bu, 37 Millitary Hospital, KATH, Effia Nkwanta, etc.
The reason was the only school which produced all the Medical Doctors.
Mawuli Secondary School was also affectionately called Kole Bu, 37 Millitary Hospital, KATH, Effia Nkwanta, etc.
The reason was the only school which produced all the Medical Doctors.
BISHOP 11 years ago
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those good days.
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those good days.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago
Thanks to Akadu Mensema for exposing this Illiterate fool SARPONG who uses his childrens computers in addition to his own in his ghetto and from work with different names to attract 'audience' to his Trash when he alone contr ... read full comment
Thanks to Akadu Mensema for exposing this Illiterate fool SARPONG who uses his childrens computers in addition to his own in his ghetto and from work with different names to attract 'audience' to his Trash when he alone contributes over 50%.......hahahahahahahaha.
We know you by now, Idiot.
jkg 11 years ago
Are you not even ashamed to use the word illiterate? What is childrens computers? What is childrens?
Are you not even ashamed to use the word illiterate? What is childrens computers? What is childrens?
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago
Childrens used in my sentence means 'group of children's I.e is childrens ......Your illiteracy has no limit, Kookoase Sarpong
Childrens used in my sentence means 'group of children's I.e is childrens ......Your illiteracy has no limit, Kookoase Sarpong
Kyeremeh Gyan 11 years ago
Hahahahahahahahaha
So children is singular and its plural is childrens? Kola, you let your English Teacher down
Hahahahahahahahaha
So children is singular and its plural is childrens? Kola, you let your English Teacher down
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago
WHERE DID YOU SCHOOLED THAT YOU ARE SO BACKWARD ON SPELLING? THE OTHER TIME YOU SPELT COCKROACH AS COCCROCH AND TO DAY CONCENTRATE AS COSENTRATE-IS IT ASANTENGLISH?
FROLICSOME ANIMAL YOU ARE,YOU HAVE NOTHING DOING BUT A MER ... read full comment
WHERE DID YOU SCHOOLED THAT YOU ARE SO BACKWARD ON SPELLING? THE OTHER TIME YOU SPELT COCKROACH AS COCCROCH AND TO DAY CONCENTRATE AS COSENTRATE-IS IT ASANTENGLISH?
FROLICSOME ANIMAL YOU ARE,YOU HAVE NOTHING DOING BUT A MERE UNDESIARBLE RACCOON-YOUR PLACE IS IN THE CAGE,YOU HERE?
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND 'LIMITED RESOURCES' IN DEEEVELOPMENT WISE,SHUT UP BECAUSE KOLA'S PLACE IS FAR BEYOND ASANTES,YOU HERE? HAHAAAHHAAAAAAAA
I BET YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HERE-ASK julor
???????? 11 years ago
Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:20:56
Comment to:A GROUP OF CHILDREN IS CHILDRENS
My man! It is clear you don't even know that you are making a mistake! You could have saved face by saying you omitted the ... read full comment
Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:20:56
Comment to:A GROUP OF CHILDREN IS CHILDRENS
My man! It is clear you don't even know that you are making a mistake! You could have saved face by saying you omitted the apostrophe before the "s", thus, u shld've written "children's computers", which is the correct English. There is nothing like "childrens" in English!
BTW, I suppose if the children each have a pc at home and they are networked, all will have the same IP address, so trying to use them to hide your track is not feasible. Same for laptops with wireless access to the one source. Only different subscriptions each can do the trick but even that they can all be traced to the same house by experts!
C.Y. Andy-K
Concerned Citizen 11 years ago
It should read Children's computer(s). Children's becomes possessive meaning the computer belongs to his children. From the way computer has been used in plural form denotes that Sarpong has more than one child each of who ma ... read full comment
It should read Children's computer(s). Children's becomes possessive meaning the computer belongs to his children. From the way computer has been used in plural form denotes that Sarpong has more than one child each of who may possess a computer. He then jumps from one computer to the other. Anyway stop spewing thrash whenever you pass comments on articles you find distasteful to the cause of NDC.
????????? 11 years ago
Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:23:55
Comment to:Kola is a disgrace
Kola is indeed a disgrace though.
Andy-K
Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:23:55
Comment to:Kola is a disgrace
Kola is indeed a disgrace though.
Andy-K
Natural Mystic 11 years ago
Daniel, what a great piece you have written to "celebrate" the life of "Kodzo" and to also hail the contributions of "Amakpa". I never met Father Priems but the foundation he laid enabled the likes of me to go to BH for the ... read full comment
Daniel, what a great piece you have written to "celebrate" the life of "Kodzo" and to also hail the contributions of "Amakpa". I never met Father Priems but the foundation he laid enabled the likes of me to go to BH for the 6th Form in 1975. I can confess that Amakpa had a hand in chiseling away my "guy guyism" and helped me to concentrate on my books. I am forever indebted to BH. Expect protestations from our "noisy neighbours" from the capital of the Volta Region known those days for producing mainly doctors.
Akwele 11 years ago
But you left out Holy Child Secondary School, among the ten best.
But you left out Holy Child Secondary School, among the ten best.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Alfred Agbesi Woyome went to Biheco. It may not have been at the time of Kodzo.
Alfred Agbesi Woyome went to Biheco. It may not have been at the time of Kodzo.
Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago
He attended during Amakpa era but he was disciplined and straight.He was a prefect and i know he may still be.One fact the guy is extremely intelligent and until he is proven to be a fraudster by a court lets assume he is inn ... read full comment
He attended during Amakpa era but he was disciplined and straight.He was a prefect and i know he may still be.One fact the guy is extremely intelligent and until he is proven to be a fraudster by a court lets assume he is innocent for now.
Dzube 11 years ago
There are so many intelligent and evil men in this world.The world is so screwed up because of so many very smart,intelligent misfits and terrorists.Let God/Allah be the judge !
There are so many intelligent and evil men in this world.The world is so screwed up because of so many very smart,intelligent misfits and terrorists.Let God/Allah be the judge !
LotoLoto 11 years ago
Woyo went to BH and so what?
Woyo went to BH and so what?
Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago
Ku doa lo ntor. Kodzo was truly one of the best. His penchant for discipline and love for student ownership of adminsitering his own affairs made him support and build a strong School Prefectship which still radiates in the p ... read full comment
Ku doa lo ntor. Kodzo was truly one of the best. His penchant for discipline and love for student ownership of adminsitering his own affairs made him support and build a strong School Prefectship which still radiates in the present life of Mr Edem Kpodo.
Indeed in those days, it was rumoured that if you nnever came back into the Sixth Form having passed throgh the "O" Level Standard, then you were an academic failure at the time.
As taught later, the motto Sicut Miles Christi still makes a lot of people fight on as A Soldier of Christ; hence the successes in their individual lives. To buttress that point in life students were always taught later to look at the lone red and glowing lamp on the Only highest point on campus, the school water reservoir to remind yourself that you live for Christ and must be prepared to suffer to attain the highest achievements in life like the "lonely" red bright star above all else on the Campus
Kodzo, May your soul rest in Perfect Peace!!!
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Well, Daniel could have said Biheco was the very best among the best and he would have been factually correct. This is not liking your alma mater. After all, Manasseh Azure is also proud of his Krachi Sec School and loses no ... read full comment
Well, Daniel could have said Biheco was the very best among the best and he would have been factually correct. This is not liking your alma mater. After all, Manasseh Azure is also proud of his Krachi Sec School and loses no time in telling us what a great (?) journalist he has become even though he went to a village sec Sch. But it's good to class Biheco as among the best. It's safer so. I was there meself under Kodzo for seven years and I will attest to that fact. That was really a great institution. I don't know if it still is today with the widespread cheating in examinations that is now so common in Ghana with thousands of students now getting 8As.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Akadu,
Claiming Biheco was the overall best school would have sounded naive and self-promoting on my part. My goal was to write a credible piece to honor the school's first headmaster, not an unrealistic claim of the schoo ... read full comment
Akadu,
Claiming Biheco was the overall best school would have sounded naive and self-promoting on my part. My goal was to write a credible piece to honor the school's first headmaster, not an unrealistic claim of the school's academic superiority, which, perhaps, you would have condemned!
In all honesty, I don't think any school -- or a student of a school -- could have unilaterally claimed the top honors, as we both know that a lot of subjective and partisan evaluations go into rating schools.
I think my piece's legitimacy is enhanced by the modesty I have shown: that Biheco ranked, and may still rank, in the top ten of all secondary schools.
Sorry, but I never heard of Gomoa Secondary School when I was growing up -- but I am sure it exists somewhere in Ghana! (Smile!)
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
Daniel:
I was just pulling your legs! Yours is an informative, balanced, engaging essay. It tells us about how times have changed for the worse. I am sure that if you were to visit BIHECO today, you would weep as I did whe ... read full comment
Daniel:
I was just pulling your legs! Yours is an informative, balanced, engaging essay. It tells us about how times have changed for the worse. I am sure that if you were to visit BIHECO today, you would weep as I did when I visited my former school: GOSS. Yes, I am a proud graduate of Gomoa Secondary School (GOSS) at Gomoa Enyiresi.
wei 11 years ago
I was in Kpandu in November 2012 with a group of Canadian Engineers. They could not believe the neatnes and imposing demeanour of the school. One of them asked if it was a Polytechnic and I humbly said that BIHECO is in fact ... read full comment
I was in Kpandu in November 2012 with a group of Canadian Engineers. They could not believe the neatnes and imposing demeanour of the school. One of them asked if it was a Polytechnic and I humbly said that BIHECO is in fact a Secondary school. They were pleasantly surprised. They had visited Ghana and other secondary schools previously and thought BIHECO was the best they had seen in terms of neatness. I proudly drove them round the campus pointing at my former house St Benedicts. I explained how 49 of 51 staff members were resident on campus with very comfortable accommodation. The availability of running water and light 24/7/365 was unique in Ghana. So BIHECO has by no means at all suffered the fate of the average Secondary School in Ghana. That for me shows Kodzo's legacy still burns.
AARON 11 years ago
I like the mature approach you took in response to Akadu the hermaphrodite.
I like the mature approach you took in response to Akadu the hermaphrodite.
Amankwa 11 years ago
Humility is the word you are looking for.
Humility is the word you are looking for.
Kokoroko 11 years ago
Akadu is right. In those Nkrumah's days geniuses and legends abounded even in obscure schools scattered around the country such as Dompoase Sec Sch or even in the teacher training colleges. Your 10 best should have included A ... read full comment
Akadu is right. In those Nkrumah's days geniuses and legends abounded even in obscure schools scattered around the country such as Dompoase Sec Sch or even in the teacher training colleges. Your 10 best should have included Accra Aca or GSTS Tdi or St Johns or ............ All the same fitting tribute to Father Priems, though article full of undertones of your self importance of amegahoho!
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago
Akurang Cash and Parry, you could also have written something about your school to at least say thank you to your teachers and to highlight some memorable events in your days.
You could whilst writing it mention some of th ... read full comment
Akurang Cash and Parry, you could also have written something about your school to at least say thank you to your teachers and to highlight some memorable events in your days.
You could whilst writing it mention some of the funniest names like ' Ap3 wee' and 'Ap3 jotes' you met in your time.
As for me, Im only a back bencher but Daniel has made me feel so jealous now. I could have attended Biheco then yet still I'm proud of my former school, 'Cape Diem' if that rings the bell.
Gha 11 years ago
If that rings a bell not if that rings the bell.
If that rings a bell not if that rings the bell.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago
You are not worth correcting anyone here when you can hardly write one complete sentence.
Beetle off my radar now, you Chartered Kooasi 'DEFACATING' Illiterate.
You are not worth correcting anyone here when you can hardly write one complete sentence.
Beetle off my radar now, you Chartered Kooasi 'DEFACATING' Illiterate.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago
Where did you schooled that you don't understand what I wrote?
Where did you schooled that you don't understand what I wrote?
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago
Sarpong,
When Daniel K Pryce said he admired your bravery, probably you did not get the drift as he meant you are BRAVE to display your idiocy and illiteracy despite the rebuke from us, the intelligentsia.
OKURASINI SA ... read full comment
Sarpong,
When Daniel K Pryce said he admired your bravery, probably you did not get the drift as he meant you are BRAVE to display your idiocy and illiteracy despite the rebuke from us, the intelligentsia.
OKURASINI SARPONG, A POT CALLING KETTLE BLACK. hahahahahahahahaha
Ghanaian Patriot 11 years ago
Did Daniel Pryce tell you that? You are trying to create animosity between the two.
Did Daniel Pryce tell you that? You are trying to create animosity between the two.
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
Yes, I can regale you with my experiences at Gomoa Secondary School (GOSS). Regarding my mentor, Prof. Akurang-Parry, he attended Presec (Legon). Check Ghanawebm he has an essay on Presec!
Yes, I can regale you with my experiences at Gomoa Secondary School (GOSS). Regarding my mentor, Prof. Akurang-Parry, he attended Presec (Legon). Check Ghanawebm he has an essay on Presec!
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago
Oooh is that so, I must have missed that essay on Ghanaweb then. So you first attended GOSS before Presec then?
Well done Akadu Akurang Parry Mensema. Presec is a great school and that makes you too great. But for your Hy ... read full comment
Oooh is that so, I must have missed that essay on Ghanaweb then. So you first attended GOSS before Presec then?
Well done Akadu Akurang Parry Mensema. Presec is a great school and that makes you too great. But for your Hyperbolic Satirical poems,...hmm!
KB 11 years ago
You are a useless human being, a disgrace to Ewes and a waste of sperm.
You are a useless human being, a disgrace to Ewes and a waste of sperm.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago
Thank you for your contribution.
Thank you for your contribution.
Sani 11 years ago
I was wondering if it's GOSEC or GOMOSEC but GOSS sounds more beautiful.
I was wondering if it's GOSEC or GOMOSEC but GOSS sounds more beautiful.
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago
It was in that school that you learn how to pose as a woman.
Shame on you Kwabena Parry.
It was in that school that you learn how to pose as a woman.
Shame on you Kwabena Parry.
Readers want to know 11 years ago
And where did you learn to plagiarize jokes you post in this forum?
And where did you learn to plagiarize jokes you post in this forum?
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago
Write Tetteh Quarshie in the grave and ask him whether he gave credit to the people he stole the beans from in Fernando Po.
Maame Adjoa will tell you that she can make her own soup,but sometimes she borrows fish from Miss G ... read full comment
Write Tetteh Quarshie in the grave and ask him whether he gave credit to the people he stole the beans from in Fernando Po.
Maame Adjoa will tell you that she can make her own soup,but sometimes she borrows fish from Miss Gomoa Mankessim,Miss Gomoa Tarkwa,Miss Gomoa Denkyirah,Miss Gomoa Takoradi.
Readers want to know 11 years ago
Do you know the difference between borrow and stealing? When you take something from somebody without asking for it at first, that is stealing and that is what you have been doing. Posting some other people literally work wi ... read full comment
Do you know the difference between borrow and stealing? When you take something from somebody without asking for it at first, that is stealing and that is what you have been doing. Posting some other people literally work without giving credit and pretending it is your own creation.
abenayankey@gmail.com 11 years ago
I have created a lot of mine.
If you were in Fernando Po before Tetteh Quarshie,Ghana will be struggling today because you will give the Spanish Colonial Masters the credit.
Many of your literally work was not done on your ... read full comment
I have created a lot of mine.
If you were in Fernando Po before Tetteh Quarshie,Ghana will be struggling today because you will give the Spanish Colonial Masters the credit.
Many of your literally work was not done on your own writings.
You stole some too.
Remember when you wrote some Bogus topic about German presence in the Trans Volta Region to challenge Mr Pryce another bigot like you.
Readers want to know 11 years ago
You are not making sense, bitch.
You are not making sense, bitch.
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
Thanks, my Priceless Prince!
Thanks, my Priceless Prince!
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago
GOMOA SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Editor Pryce"friend Fucks and flees.
Akadu"Please change the headline to make it read Nuts screws and bolts to Bishop Herman college.
GOMOA SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Editor Pryce"friend Fucks and flees.
Akadu"Please change the headline to make it read Nuts screws and bolts to Bishop Herman college.
wei 11 years ago
You can opine that Gomoa Secondary School is "the best" but nobody will believe you. In fact they will think you have lost it, Kwabena. Unlike your mother's pot of soup to which you can bestow any accolades, the records of th ... read full comment
You can opine that Gomoa Secondary School is "the best" but nobody will believe you. In fact they will think you have lost it, Kwabena. Unlike your mother's pot of soup to which you can bestow any accolades, the records of the Secondary Schools in Ghana are public information; and nobody ever hears of Gomoa Secondary School. One would think that after an anonymous person claimed that you plagiarized your History thesis you would learn by now that Opinions are like ARSEHOLES and everybody has one. The deviant character who maliciously accused you was expressing an opinion but you were certainly hurt. We all knew he was lying and came strongly to your defence. Such is the fate of foolish opinions, like the one you have just expressed, they are easily debunked. Now go and sin no more at least not while we mourn our dear KODZO.
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago
Just drive on the Takoradi Accra road and you will see Gomoa Tarkwa,Gomoa Mankessim,Gomoa Ayensudu,Gomoa Accra,Gomoa Fete.
Which Gomoa secondary school did he attend?If you attend school in the bush,you will always behave l ... read full comment
Just drive on the Takoradi Accra road and you will see Gomoa Tarkwa,Gomoa Mankessim,Gomoa Ayensudu,Gomoa Accra,Gomoa Fete.
Which Gomoa secondary school did he attend?If you attend school in the bush,you will always behave like Kokoase Scholar that's how Akadu is.
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
You Ghanaians are something else. Akurang-Parry's thesis is the first thesis on colonial rule and abolition at work in the Gold Coast. That allegation was not a big deal. If I recall rightly, his thesis won the President's Di ... read full comment
You Ghanaians are something else. Akurang-Parry's thesis is the first thesis on colonial rule and abolition at work in the Gold Coast. That allegation was not a big deal. If I recall rightly, his thesis won the President's Dissertation Award. Write to York University. The thesis which is being published has been cited about 210 times by other scholars. Only fools would cite a plagiarized thesis. I have told you guys that Akurang-Parry is my mentor! Period!
abenayankey@gmail.com 11 years ago
You are the same goat praising yourself.
You are the same goat praising yourself.
Readers Want to Know 11 years ago
I thought you would say it is not true?
I thought you would say it is not true?
abenayankey@gmail.com 11 years ago
Its good that i did not screw you in Toronto.Men who have small dicks are always confused and behave like sissy.
Mr Parry do you remember me?
Its good that i did not screw you in Toronto.Men who have small dicks are always confused and behave like sissy.
Mr Parry do you remember me?
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
Not because of my small whatever. It was simply because your pungent ordor scare me away! Thanks for remembering me!
Not because of my small whatever. It was simply because your pungent ordor scare me away! Thanks for remembering me!
abenayankey@gmail.com 11 years ago
When you see the crabs on the Volta in Ada,remember that you did not give me crabs with your small Weiner.
When you see the crabs on the Volta in Ada,remember that you did not give me crabs with your small Weiner.
Ayittey Bonney 11 years ago
Typical Voltarian! You went looking crab!How sad! You must thank Akadu who is obviously disease-free!
Typical Voltarian! You went looking crab!How sad! You must thank Akadu who is obviously disease-free!
abenayankey@gmail.com 11 years ago
You are a dumb motherfucker and as hole do. Do you think the ewe people like him also.Do all your family members like you?
Go to Google and see that he is the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University.
You are a dumb motherfucker and as hole do. Do you think the ewe people like him also.Do all your family members like you?
Go to Google and see that he is the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University.
Readers Want to Know 11 years ago
I have been following your uncouth behaviour towards Akadu and others until you called a fellow Ghanaian who has worked hard as "the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University." You seem to know the professor and h ... read full comment
I have been following your uncouth behaviour towards Akadu and others until you called a fellow Ghanaian who has worked hard as "the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University." You seem to know the professor and have hatred towards him, not Akadu. The irony is that you call yourself Abena Yankey! Tell us about your idiotic self!
PETER 11 years ago
I guess you don't know what the word phrase "one of" means.
I guess you don't know what the word phrase "one of" means.
Yaw B 11 years ago
Are you saying Bishop Herman tops Opoku Ware School(OWASS)? Obviously, you should have consulted Reverend Father Cornelius L. “Kodzo” Priems for a better list before he passed away.
Are you saying Bishop Herman tops Opoku Ware School(OWASS)? Obviously, you should have consulted Reverend Father Cornelius L. “Kodzo” Priems for a better list before he passed away.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
GNA report, June 2, 2012
Old students of Bishop Herman College in Kpando have undertaken a medical outreach programme as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the College.
Past students of the College who are h ... read full comment
GNA report, June 2, 2012
Old students of Bishop Herman College in Kpando have undertaken a medical outreach programme as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the College.
Past students of the College who are health professionals, including medical doctors, pharmacists, lab technicians and nurses screened over 600 people from Kpando and nearby communities.
Leader of the Medical Outreach Team and an old student, Prof Anyetei Larsey, said the common illness of the people screened during the exercise include hypertension and malaria among the young people while the elderly complained mainly about arthritis.
Basic over the counter drugs were also dispensed where it was suitable while others were referred to the hospital.
The Medical Outreach was one of the Homecoming activities undertaken by the old students as they spend time with the current students during career counseling sessions.
They advised students on the subject choices required to pursue various careers.
Other events to mark the 60th Anniversary Homecoming included a National Congress which saw the re-election of the National President Edem Kpodo who is also the Chairman of the Ghana Tourist Board.
There were fun games between the students and their predecessors, and a fund raising musical concert led by former student and hip-life artiste Edem. The Theatre Mirror group was also in Kpando to entertain the Old boys as well as the students and staff of the College.
Headmaster of the College, Rev. Father Walter Agbeto, described the three day programme as successful and commended the Old Students for their dedication and contribution towards the welfare of the school.
Other programmes lined up for the celebrations include an Anniversary Lecture on the 29th of June this year to be delivered by His Eminence Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson, to be followed by a fundraising dinner dance on the 30th of June both in Accra.
The anniversary durbar will take place on the 28the of July in Kpando to be followed by a church service in August which will be led by Old Boys who are in the priesthood.
Bishop Herman College is one of the best second cycle institutions in Ghana. It was the first secondary school established by the Catholic Church in the Volta Region, on February 28, 1952.
The college was named after the famous Catholic Bishop of the then Lower Volta Vicariate of the Catholic Church, Bishop Auguste Herman, a Frenchman.
He was noted for not only planting the Catholic Church firmly in the Region but also opening schools alongside. His personal motto, Sicut Miles Christi (As a soldier of Christ) was also chosen as the motto of the school.
GNA June 2012
OSORO GYA 11 years ago
Daniel, thanks for this peace, I have really enjoyed reading it. May the
soul of Reverend Father Cornelius Priems rest in perfect peace. But I wish you had mentioned some names of the masters on compus. And by the way, is ... read full comment
Daniel, thanks for this peace, I have really enjoyed reading it. May the
soul of Reverend Father Cornelius Priems rest in perfect peace. But I wish you had mentioned some names of the masters on compus. And by the way, is there an association of ex-bihecans,(BHOBU) ? Finally, you may want to write a book of this great school, sir.
I don't know who wrote the lyrics but the Biheco anthem was composed by the late Dr E. Y. Egblewogbe, an old student from Lolobi. He later taught English in the school and then went back to Legon to do his phd after which he ... read full comment
I don't know who wrote the lyrics but the Biheco anthem was composed by the late Dr E. Y. Egblewogbe, an old student from Lolobi. He later taught English in the school and then went back to Legon to do his phd after which he lectured there. He was a brilliant guy who published a few novels too. He was just an amateur musician who composed our anthem. He died before he reached old age.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Yes, there is a Web site for old students. I believe it's BHOBU.ORG, although those managing it could do so much better!
Yes, there is a Web site for old students. I believe it's BHOBU.ORG, although those managing it could do so much better!
JOHN ZIGGY,USA 11 years ago
Bishop Herman, was the High school to attend those days and it was STRICKLY base on your score at the Common entrance exam, no 2-ways about it!You can be the president's son or daughter if you didn't make it,that's it for you ... read full comment
Bishop Herman, was the High school to attend those days and it was STRICKLY base on your score at the Common entrance exam, no 2-ways about it!You can be the president's son or daughter if you didn't make it,that's it for you. It was no wonder that div 1s and As at both O'levels and A'level
Sani 11 years ago
Too bad ghanaweb put this article in the inside page and refused to post it among the first ten on the Opinion pages for maximum exposure. Instead he posted those stupid articles by Bokor (I hope Bokor didn't attend Biheco) a ... read full comment
Too bad ghanaweb put this article in the inside page and refused to post it among the first ten on the Opinion pages for maximum exposure. Instead he posted those stupid articles by Bokor (I hope Bokor didn't attend Biheco) and other political articles that many of us are fed up with these days.
We need more of such articles to show that there are so many things we Ghanaians can talk about, not just NPP, NDC, Mahama, Akufo, Ewe, Akyem, Asante.
Bishop Herman was, indeed, a good school. (I don't know it still is). And there were students from all over the country. There was no tribalism in Bishop Herman. There were many Akans there too.
rizzi 11 years ago
Nice article but your list can't be complete without Accra Academy. BLEOO
Nice article but your list can't be complete without Accra Academy. BLEOO
Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago
Amakpa is a real man of God.I remember the last time we visited him ,that was 2008 he remembered every single student.This is a rare feat,the man has great spirit.I say Amakpa is a living reincarnation of Father Priems becaus ... read full comment
Amakpa is a real man of God.I remember the last time we visited him ,that was 2008 he remembered every single student.This is a rare feat,the man has great spirit.I say Amakpa is a living reincarnation of Father Priems because he just continued the good works of Father Priems.May father rest in blissful and heavenly peace under the good lords abode.
JAMES PEROVER 11 years ago
YOUR ARTICLE IS WORTH READING THIS SHOWS YOU WERE TRULY ON THE HILL.I AM PROUD TO BE SAINT CYPRIAN(HOUSE 3)WRITE ANOTHER ARTICLE TO MENTION OUR SPORTING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LATE ETU-MANTEY AND JUST RESEARCH ON THE LATE SENOO ... read full comment
YOUR ARTICLE IS WORTH READING THIS SHOWS YOU WERE TRULY ON THE HILL.I AM PROUD TO BE SAINT CYPRIAN(HOUSE 3)WRITE ANOTHER ARTICLE TO MENTION OUR SPORTING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LATE ETU-MANTEY AND JUST RESEARCH ON THE LATE SENOO AND YOU WILL IMAGINE THE NUMBER OF ANCIENT STUDENTS WHO WERE JUMPING OUT OF THE WINDOWS WHEN THEY WERE CORNERED MINING.KUDOS TRULY BIHECAN.
Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago
I was in house 6, St Victor.
I was in house 6, St Victor.
Kwame 11 years ago
mr. Etu-Mantey not dead. He's alive and celebrated his 85th birthday last year.
mr. Etu-Mantey not dead. He's alive and celebrated his 85th birthday last year.
Sani 11 years ago
Wonderful that Conrad Etu-Mantey is still alive. God has blessed these guys with long lives. I wonder how he would take the death of Kodzo. He lost his own daughter a few years ago. Joyce Etu-Mantey was with the Ghana mission ... read full comment
Wonderful that Conrad Etu-Mantey is still alive. God has blessed these guys with long lives. I wonder how he would take the death of Kodzo. He lost his own daughter a few years ago. Joyce Etu-Mantey was with the Ghana mission in Copenhagen when she died. Joyce was the only girl to "attend" Biheco. Since her father was a teacher on campus, she was allowed to join the Upper 6th classes for her 2nd World War. That was after Kodzo had left. I don't know if Kodzo would have allowed that.
Samson 11 years ago
Well done Daniel for this piece of write up. Fr Kodzo Priems was one of the great headmasters in Ghana's educational history. May he rest in peace .
Well done Daniel for this piece of write up. Fr Kodzo Priems was one of the great headmasters in Ghana's educational history. May he rest in peace .
fr. prosper atsu 11 years ago
nice piece. regards to 1999 past students of Biheco. keep the fire burning. lets help our Alma mater in the best possible way. proud of you guys
nice piece. regards to 1999 past students of Biheco. keep the fire burning. lets help our Alma mater in the best possible way. proud of you guys
alfred 11 years ago
very intelligent students.making good grades under very difficult circumstances.headmaster Eleeza was disciplined and hands on.very few students came from outside the region.nice article still...........
very intelligent students.making good grades under very difficult circumstances.headmaster Eleeza was disciplined and hands on.very few students came from outside the region.nice article still...........
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
I am sure the name Amakpa was given to Father Eleeza way back in the 60s. It was, anyway, there before I entered the school. When I entered Biheco, Father Eleeza had just returned from abroad where he did his M.A. in History ... read full comment
I am sure the name Amakpa was given to Father Eleeza way back in the 60s. It was, anyway, there before I entered the school. When I entered Biheco, Father Eleeza had just returned from abroad where he did his M.A. in History (which he also taught in the early 70s). And he was already called "Amakpa" during his earlier stint as Chaplain.
The story went that he was testing a new vegetable stew or soup before the entire student body. Then he smiled and said something to the effect: "Hmmmm, evivi lo, amakpa..."
Since Eleeza was not Ewe, he didn't know not to say "amakpa" (for vegetable) but to have said something like "amadetsi". From then on, he was called "Amakpa".
As for Father Priems being called "Kodzo", the story goes that he, himself, on learning about our day names, asked what he would be called if he was born on a Monday, as he truly was. From then, he became known as "Kodzo". Everybody called him "Kodzo" including the townsfolk. Daniel made a slight mistake here. Father Priems was always called "Father Priems" or "Kodzo". Nobody called him "Father Kodzo". No, that didn't work. He was Kodzo and he knew that everybody called him so. All the students called him "Kodzo" but to his face, you said: "Yes, Father" or "No, Father." It was not beyond Kodzo to slap you if he saw you as insubordinate.
May Kodzo's soul rest in perfect peace. Were he to be buried in Kpandu, all of Catholic Volta Region would turn up for the funeral. I am sure of that. As it is, perhaps only a few will be there for his internment at Maastricht. He was a priest, a poor man who really served his God through the discipline and upbringing he gave to thousands of young boys. Really as a soldier of Christ.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
We never thought Biheco would be the same after Kodzo left in 1975. We were very happy we didn't have to be under a black headmaster. It sounds stupid but that was what we felt when we heard Kodzo was leaving at what was a ra ... read full comment
We never thought Biheco would be the same after Kodzo left in 1975. We were very happy we didn't have to be under a black headmaster. It sounds stupid but that was what we felt when we heard Kodzo was leaving at what was a rather young age. He must have been around 60 when he left. But we didn't care because we too were leaving.
But it seems Amakpa did well too and kept the high standards of the school. He should know what to do. He had been part of the school for a long time before he became Headmaster. Under Kodzo, he was assistant headmaster, school chaplain, teacher in charge of the GCE Exams, History teacher and so he knew everything. No doubt he did well as headmaster too.
God bless them all...
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Thanks, Sam, for the additional information. Sorry, I was out all day and just got back to the article.
Thanks, Sam, for the additional information. Sorry, I was out all day and just got back to the article.
WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT PREMPEH-COLLEGE 11 years ago
EWES ALWAYS TOOTING THIER HORNS TO COVER THIER PERSONALITY-SHORTCOMINGS-CHILDRAPE-TROIKOSI
EWES ALWAYS TOOTING THIER HORNS TO COVER THIER PERSONALITY-SHORTCOMINGS-CHILDRAPE-TROIKOSI
PAA NII 11 years ago
If you have any brains at all then please write the story for Prempeh too. Prempeh is not a bad school school. All he said was that his school is among the top ten in the country. What is wrong with that? Why must this turned ... read full comment
If you have any brains at all then please write the story for Prempeh too. Prempeh is not a bad school school. All he said was that his school is among the top ten in the country. What is wrong with that? Why must this turned into insulting Ewes.
During NPP days, the Kumasi crowd wanted to turn Prempeh school into a university. Why they didn't do it only heaven knows.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Thanks, Paa Nii. I am saddened by the fact that this person will turn a piece that was written to honor the departed into another tribal issue. Just so sad.
Thanks, Paa Nii. I am saddened by the fact that this person will turn a piece that was written to honor the departed into another tribal issue. Just so sad.
Togbe 11 years ago
This is a brilliant piece and those of us who were lucky to have been trained by Father priems whill alwys remeber him as the one who shaped our future. May he rest in oerfect peace.
This is a brilliant piece and those of us who were lucky to have been trained by Father priems whill alwys remeber him as the one who shaped our future. May he rest in oerfect peace.
J.S.Y Mortty 11 years ago
Daniel, thanks for article. That's a great loss to BIHECO fraternity. As Soldiers Of Christ (SICUT MILES CHRISTI) we have to take heart during a moment like this. Indeed, we have missed one of the greatest man in the history ... read full comment
Daniel, thanks for article. That's a great loss to BIHECO fraternity. As Soldiers Of Christ (SICUT MILES CHRISTI) we have to take heart during a moment like this. Indeed, we have missed one of the greatest man in the history of Mighty BIHECO.
Come join with us to sing
In praise of BIHECO
Where God and Light we seek
In spirit, bold and free
Hail BIHECO!
Hail BIHECO!!
Hail BIHECO!!!
Mater, amter alma
Hail! Hail, Hail BIHECO
Akodabone. 11 years ago
His Last sermon:
"What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world but suffers the loss of his own soul"
I ran to town one day and was caught. I mowed the grass behind his office while he kept an eagle eye on me.
T ... read full comment
His Last sermon:
"What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world but suffers the loss of his own soul"
I ran to town one day and was caught. I mowed the grass behind his office while he kept an eagle eye on me.
Thanks Kodzo.
RIP.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
I like the fact you shared your experience with us. I've been hoping that people will share their experiences, but, so far, I have not seen many.
I like the fact you shared your experience with us. I've been hoping that people will share their experiences, but, so far, I have not seen many.
Akodabone. 11 years ago
I believe Amakpa is from Baglo Odumase, not Jasikan.
I believe Amakpa is from Baglo Odumase, not Jasikan.
Lol 11 years ago
Correct.
Correct.
The Sheikh 11 years ago
Great article. But you forgot to list "THE" Mawuli School (The Volta Varsity)among the top ten in those days. Frankly, Bishop Herman was a good school but when compared to Mawuli, it was no match. Go back and check the record ... read full comment
Great article. But you forgot to list "THE" Mawuli School (The Volta Varsity)among the top ten in those days. Frankly, Bishop Herman was a good school but when compared to Mawuli, it was no match. Go back and check the records at WAEC (70's and 80's)
Mr. Sekyi Danso 11 years ago
Great Mawuli
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those ... read full comment
Great Mawuli
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those good days
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago
Mawuli did produce nurses, etc., not Dokitas! That credit goes to Presec!
Mawuli did produce nurses, etc., not Dokitas! That credit goes to Presec!
Mr. Sekyi Danso 11 years ago
That was funny but Mawuli was great those days. PRESEC might produce more in terms of nos as a result of its population but I think Mawuli did better when you cosider its smaller student population even though Mawuli today is ... read full comment
That was funny but Mawuli was great those days. PRESEC might produce more in terms of nos as a result of its population but I think Mawuli did better when you cosider its smaller student population even though Mawuli today is no competition for PRESEC.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Presec became great only after 1975. Prior to that it was not a particularly good school especially when they were still at Odumase Krobo. The school turned out its first 6th formers in 1975 among whom is the present VC of Le ... read full comment
Presec became great only after 1975. Prior to that it was not a particularly good school especially when they were still at Odumase Krobo. The school turned out its first 6th formers in 1975 among whom is the present VC of Legon. Since then the school has been doing well. But Biheco was doing well long before that...
AARON 11 years ago
Behesco boys, where in the world is Ivan Risch?
Behesco boys, where in the world is Ivan Risch?
mojingles 11 years ago
Pryce, you unwittingly left out some schools in the northern regions that could arguably vie for a spot in your list, perhaps out of ignorance, so let me indulge you.....Saint Charles Secondary School in Tamale. It was and st ... read full comment
Pryce, you unwittingly left out some schools in the northern regions that could arguably vie for a spot in your list, perhaps out of ignorance, so let me indulge you.....Saint Charles Secondary School in Tamale. It was and still is one of the best in my humbled opinion in the nation......army officers and other professionals were more than eager to have their wards enrolled in the school.......since 1972 the year I stepped on its campus, it has consistently maintained a 100 percent score on WAEC exams and produced great folks...the late Volta Regional Minister, Ford Kamel was a product of the school, my four-year junior as a matter of fact....so, you see, like you frankly admitted, your list was complied with a certain degree of honesty but tainted nonetheless with a bit of bias........
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Mojingles, thanks for your comments. Indeed, I did say that I was expecting protestations over my list! Please, don't take it too hard.
Mojingles, thanks for your comments. Indeed, I did say that I was expecting protestations over my list! Please, don't take it too hard.
Sam Duodu 11 years ago
Mojingles, I believe st Charles was/is a good school. From your description, it smells of Catholic and boys, just like Biheco. Am I right?
Mojingles, I believe st Charles was/is a good school. From your description, it smells of Catholic and boys, just like Biheco. Am I right?
Paa Kodwo 11 years ago
THE TEN BEST BUT, THE QUESTION IS WHAT SCIENTIFIC AND INNNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PAST STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL MADE TO ACCELERATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOBS AND INCOME IN THE COUNTRY.
A FAMOUS CH ... read full comment
THE TEN BEST BUT, THE QUESTION IS WHAT SCIENTIFIC AND INNNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PAST STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL MADE TO ACCELERATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOBS AND INCOME IN THE COUNTRY.
A FAMOUS CHINESSE SAYING GOES.
RESOURCES ARE THE MOTHER OF WEALTH,
SWEAT, TOIL AND HARDWORK ARE THE FATHER OF WEALTH-
ONLY THE TWO COMBINED CAN PRODUCE WEAlTH AND TO ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY IN GHANA.
BISHOP 11 years ago
I have always maintained that schools in Ghana do not produce thinkers but memorizers. I wish the govt will tackle higher education in Ghana because the school system does not teach nor encourage creativity, critical thinking ... read full comment
I have always maintained that schools in Ghana do not produce thinkers but memorizers. I wish the govt will tackle higher education in Ghana because the school system does not teach nor encourage creativity, critical thinking or inovation, yard sticks on which schools are graded and judge in the Western World.
Now wonder we have so many graduates who arent just lazy in thinking, they arent also fit for the job market. A High School graduate in the US has better problem solving skills that a masters holder in Ghana.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
I understand your argument, but my piece was more general than specific, and it was mainly about honoring the departed Father Priems. I may, someday, write about individual accomplishments, but it's going to be a while, since ... read full comment
I understand your argument, but my piece was more general than specific, and it was mainly about honoring the departed Father Priems. I may, someday, write about individual accomplishments, but it's going to be a while, since I am pretty much tied down now with more pressing needs.
Lol 11 years ago
you are overlooking the fact that development is not necessarily due to one person's quantum leap!! people have contributed to the development of the country without being in the position to claim the glory. If a school produ ... read full comment
you are overlooking the fact that development is not necessarily due to one person's quantum leap!! people have contributed to the development of the country without being in the position to claim the glory. If a school produces teachers, these may not be able to lay claim to a job creation initiative or a boost to infrastructural development but they have augmented the human capital of the nation and that is a great advancement in development.
Kenneth Kudjo Ogbete Dabri 11 years ago
It was the high disciplinary standard I benefited from the late Father Priems' tutelage whilst a student in Biheco(1968-1975) that has brought me this far in life. May he rest in perfect peace.
It was the high disciplinary standard I benefited from the late Father Priems' tutelage whilst a student in Biheco(1968-1975) that has brought me this far in life. May he rest in perfect peace.
Sani 11 years ago
We were the last batch which left 6th form in Kodzo's last year. That was quite a batch - Edem Kpodo, the current national chairman of BHOBU and chairman of the tourist board, chubby Dutu, who informed me of Kodzo's death, Ak ... read full comment
We were the last batch which left 6th form in Kodzo's last year. That was quite a batch - Edem Kpodo, the current national chairman of BHOBU and chairman of the tourist board, chubby Dutu, who informed me of Kodzo's death, Akapaloo, and the ones who passed away - Bosompem, Dada, Airforce pilot Achempong. You know Asma died too. I think in the US. But that guy smoked egbe too much. Is Afeku-Amenyo Hillary still in the Ghana navy? Awumey William informed me a few years ago he was traveling through Europe with his kids from the US and he visited Kodzo in Maastricht. He said Kodzo still remembered him.
The great man is no more. But God gave him a long life. May perpetual light shine upon him.
Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago
This was a batch I vividly remember for augmenting Kodzo's efforts at instilling discipline in the youth of the time.
Kudos to you all. i still maintain that all the training instilled did help in shaping the future of som ... read full comment
This was a batch I vividly remember for augmenting Kodzo's efforts at instilling discipline in the youth of the time.
Kudos to you all. i still maintain that all the training instilled did help in shaping the future of some of us.
Kudos to you all!!
Dr. Kofi V. Anani 11 years ago
Thanks Daniel for this wonderful piece about this great inspirational headmaster of wonderful BIHECO. I was lucky to be among the last batch of Kodzo's recruit to Form One in 1974, and the self discipline instilled in us at t ... read full comment
Thanks Daniel for this wonderful piece about this great inspirational headmaster of wonderful BIHECO. I was lucky to be among the last batch of Kodzo's recruit to Form One in 1974, and the self discipline instilled in us at that time has truly shaped many lives.
Eternal Rest Unto HIm and Let Perpetual Light shines upon Him... For He will remain a Great One in our memories
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Thanks, Dr. Anani, for your beautiful tribute to Father Priems.
Thanks, Dr. Anani, for your beautiful tribute to Father Priems.
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YJNIrM I really enjoy the article post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
YJNIrM I really enjoy the article post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
OTI 11 years ago
Biheco heads like Kodzo and Amakpa seem to be unique and will forever be remembered. Thanks for this piece
Biheco heads like Kodzo and Amakpa seem to be unique and will forever be remembered. Thanks for this piece
Savior A. Obed 11 years ago
I love Biheco
I love Biheco
Michael Kadey 11 years ago
B.H.C. 4eva, B.H.C. 4 life
B.H.C. 4eva, B.H.C. 4 life
Sammy Bediako-Cra 11 years ago
I was also part of last batch admitted by "Kodzo" in 1974/75 academic yr. The guy was really tough!
Btw, Amakpa's mum is a Jasikan native and the father from Baglo.
I was also part of last batch admitted by "Kodzo" in 1974/75 academic yr. The guy was really tough!
Btw, Amakpa's mum is a Jasikan native and the father from Baglo.
OBINNA 11 years ago
Ghanata Secondary School in Dodowa is included in the best 10 Secondary Schools in Ghana during this period.
Ghanata Secondary School in Dodowa is included in the best 10 Secondary Schools in Ghana during this period.
Daniel:
A good essay, except that "ten best" does not cut it. Make a case for your school: Ghana's best! I went to Gomoa Secondary School and considers it the best school in Ghana!
Thank you, Daniel, for this piece commemorating Kodzo's death. You never met him but his spirit was still living in Biheco when you were there.
Kodzo was the best headmaster in the Volta Region and among the best in Ghana ...
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"For a long time, he was chairman of the conference of headmasters of assisted secondary schools in the VR and he bullied his fellow headmasters to do the right things always."
"And yet we had four meals a day - one of the ...
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Yes, Daniel, I have lots of memories from Biheco under Kodzo. I hope to share a few during the course of the day.
For a Dutchman, Kodzo's English was very good. He liked using big words so you'd have loved him, Daniel. He ...
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I enjoyed reading this article even though I was never a student of BIHECO but it brought back lots of memories.
Bro Danny how can you leave out the great Volta University (MAWULI SCHOOL) as it was once affectionately called ...
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Mawuli Secondary School was also affectionately called Kole Bu, 37 Millitary Hospital, KATH, Effia Nkwanta, etc.
The reason was the only school which produced all the Medical Doctors.
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those good days.
Thanks to Akadu Mensema for exposing this Illiterate fool SARPONG who uses his childrens computers in addition to his own in his ghetto and from work with different names to attract 'audience' to his Trash when he alone contr ...
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Are you not even ashamed to use the word illiterate? What is childrens computers? What is childrens?
Childrens used in my sentence means 'group of children's I.e is childrens ......Your illiteracy has no limit, Kookoase Sarpong
Hahahahahahahahaha
So children is singular and its plural is childrens? Kola, you let your English Teacher down
WHERE DID YOU SCHOOLED THAT YOU ARE SO BACKWARD ON SPELLING? THE OTHER TIME YOU SPELT COCKROACH AS COCCROCH AND TO DAY CONCENTRATE AS COSENTRATE-IS IT ASANTENGLISH?
FROLICSOME ANIMAL YOU ARE,YOU HAVE NOTHING DOING BUT A MER ...
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Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:20:56
Comment to:A GROUP OF CHILDREN IS CHILDRENS
My man! It is clear you don't even know that you are making a mistake! You could have saved face by saying you omitted the ...
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It should read Children's computer(s). Children's becomes possessive meaning the computer belongs to his children. From the way computer has been used in plural form denotes that Sarpong has more than one child each of who ma ...
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Author:C.Y. ANDY-K
Date:2012-03-22 21:23:55
Comment to:Kola is a disgrace
Kola is indeed a disgrace though.
Andy-K
Daniel, what a great piece you have written to "celebrate" the life of "Kodzo" and to also hail the contributions of "Amakpa". I never met Father Priems but the foundation he laid enabled the likes of me to go to BH for the ...
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But you left out Holy Child Secondary School, among the ten best.
Alfred Agbesi Woyome went to Biheco. It may not have been at the time of Kodzo.
He attended during Amakpa era but he was disciplined and straight.He was a prefect and i know he may still be.One fact the guy is extremely intelligent and until he is proven to be a fraudster by a court lets assume he is inn ...
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There are so many intelligent and evil men in this world.The world is so screwed up because of so many very smart,intelligent misfits and terrorists.Let God/Allah be the judge !
Woyo went to BH and so what?
Ku doa lo ntor. Kodzo was truly one of the best. His penchant for discipline and love for student ownership of adminsitering his own affairs made him support and build a strong School Prefectship which still radiates in the p ...
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Well, Daniel could have said Biheco was the very best among the best and he would have been factually correct. This is not liking your alma mater. After all, Manasseh Azure is also proud of his Krachi Sec School and loses no ...
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Akadu,
Claiming Biheco was the overall best school would have sounded naive and self-promoting on my part. My goal was to write a credible piece to honor the school's first headmaster, not an unrealistic claim of the schoo ...
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Daniel:
I was just pulling your legs! Yours is an informative, balanced, engaging essay. It tells us about how times have changed for the worse. I am sure that if you were to visit BIHECO today, you would weep as I did whe ...
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I was in Kpandu in November 2012 with a group of Canadian Engineers. They could not believe the neatnes and imposing demeanour of the school. One of them asked if it was a Polytechnic and I humbly said that BIHECO is in fact ...
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I like the mature approach you took in response to Akadu the hermaphrodite.
Humility is the word you are looking for.
Akadu is right. In those Nkrumah's days geniuses and legends abounded even in obscure schools scattered around the country such as Dompoase Sec Sch or even in the teacher training colleges. Your 10 best should have included A ...
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Akurang Cash and Parry, you could also have written something about your school to at least say thank you to your teachers and to highlight some memorable events in your days.
You could whilst writing it mention some of th ...
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If that rings a bell not if that rings the bell.
You are not worth correcting anyone here when you can hardly write one complete sentence.
Beetle off my radar now, you Chartered Kooasi 'DEFACATING' Illiterate.
Where did you schooled that you don't understand what I wrote?
Sarpong,
When Daniel K Pryce said he admired your bravery, probably you did not get the drift as he meant you are BRAVE to display your idiocy and illiteracy despite the rebuke from us, the intelligentsia.
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Did Daniel Pryce tell you that? You are trying to create animosity between the two.
Yes, I can regale you with my experiences at Gomoa Secondary School (GOSS). Regarding my mentor, Prof. Akurang-Parry, he attended Presec (Legon). Check Ghanawebm he has an essay on Presec!
Oooh is that so, I must have missed that essay on Ghanaweb then. So you first attended GOSS before Presec then?
Well done Akadu Akurang Parry Mensema. Presec is a great school and that makes you too great. But for your Hy ...
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You are a useless human being, a disgrace to Ewes and a waste of sperm.
Thank you for your contribution.
I was wondering if it's GOSEC or GOMOSEC but GOSS sounds more beautiful.
It was in that school that you learn how to pose as a woman.
Shame on you Kwabena Parry.
And where did you learn to plagiarize jokes you post in this forum?
Write Tetteh Quarshie in the grave and ask him whether he gave credit to the people he stole the beans from in Fernando Po.
Maame Adjoa will tell you that she can make her own soup,but sometimes she borrows fish from Miss G ...
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Do you know the difference between borrow and stealing? When you take something from somebody without asking for it at first, that is stealing and that is what you have been doing. Posting some other people literally work wi ...
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I have created a lot of mine.
If you were in Fernando Po before Tetteh Quarshie,Ghana will be struggling today because you will give the Spanish Colonial Masters the credit.
Many of your literally work was not done on your ...
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You are not making sense, bitch.
Thanks, my Priceless Prince!
GOMOA SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Editor Pryce"friend Fucks and flees.
Akadu"Please change the headline to make it read Nuts screws and bolts to Bishop Herman college.
You can opine that Gomoa Secondary School is "the best" but nobody will believe you. In fact they will think you have lost it, Kwabena. Unlike your mother's pot of soup to which you can bestow any accolades, the records of th ...
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Just drive on the Takoradi Accra road and you will see Gomoa Tarkwa,Gomoa Mankessim,Gomoa Ayensudu,Gomoa Accra,Gomoa Fete.
Which Gomoa secondary school did he attend?If you attend school in the bush,you will always behave l ...
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You Ghanaians are something else. Akurang-Parry's thesis is the first thesis on colonial rule and abolition at work in the Gold Coast. That allegation was not a big deal. If I recall rightly, his thesis won the President's Di ...
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You are the same goat praising yourself.
I thought you would say it is not true?
Its good that i did not screw you in Toronto.Men who have small dicks are always confused and behave like sissy.
Mr Parry do you remember me?
Not because of my small whatever. It was simply because your pungent ordor scare me away! Thanks for remembering me!
When you see the crabs on the Volta in Ada,remember that you did not give me crabs with your small Weiner.
Typical Voltarian! You went looking crab!How sad! You must thank Akadu who is obviously disease-free!
You are a dumb motherfucker and as hole do. Do you think the ewe people like him also.Do all your family members like you?
Go to Google and see that he is the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University.
I have been following your uncouth behaviour towards Akadu and others until you called a fellow Ghanaian who has worked hard as "the only nigger on the faculty in Shippensburg University." You seem to know the professor and h ...
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I guess you don't know what the word phrase "one of" means.
Are you saying Bishop Herman tops Opoku Ware School(OWASS)? Obviously, you should have consulted Reverend Father Cornelius L. “Kodzo” Priems for a better list before he passed away.
GNA report, June 2, 2012
Old students of Bishop Herman College in Kpando have undertaken a medical outreach programme as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the College.
Past students of the College who are h ...
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Daniel, thanks for this peace, I have really enjoyed reading it. May the
soul of Reverend Father Cornelius Priems rest in perfect peace. But I wish you had mentioned some names of the masters on compus. And by the way, is ...
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In praise of Biheco!
Hail Bihe.... Biheco Hail Bihe... Biheco Hail Biihee eco ........
I don't know who wrote the lyrics but the Biheco anthem was composed by the late Dr E. Y. Egblewogbe, an old student from Lolobi. He later taught English in the school and then went back to Legon to do his phd after which he ...
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Yes, there is a Web site for old students. I believe it's BHOBU.ORG, although those managing it could do so much better!
Bishop Herman, was the High school to attend those days and it was STRICKLY base on your score at the Common entrance exam, no 2-ways about it!You can be the president's son or daughter if you didn't make it,that's it for you ...
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Too bad ghanaweb put this article in the inside page and refused to post it among the first ten on the Opinion pages for maximum exposure. Instead he posted those stupid articles by Bokor (I hope Bokor didn't attend Biheco) a ...
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Nice article but your list can't be complete without Accra Academy. BLEOO
Amakpa is a real man of God.I remember the last time we visited him ,that was 2008 he remembered every single student.This is a rare feat,the man has great spirit.I say Amakpa is a living reincarnation of Father Priems becaus ...
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YOUR ARTICLE IS WORTH READING THIS SHOWS YOU WERE TRULY ON THE HILL.I AM PROUD TO BE SAINT CYPRIAN(HOUSE 3)WRITE ANOTHER ARTICLE TO MENTION OUR SPORTING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LATE ETU-MANTEY AND JUST RESEARCH ON THE LATE SENOO ...
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I was in house 6, St Victor.
mr. Etu-Mantey not dead. He's alive and celebrated his 85th birthday last year.
Wonderful that Conrad Etu-Mantey is still alive. God has blessed these guys with long lives. I wonder how he would take the death of Kodzo. He lost his own daughter a few years ago. Joyce Etu-Mantey was with the Ghana mission ...
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Well done Daniel for this piece of write up. Fr Kodzo Priems was one of the great headmasters in Ghana's educational history. May he rest in peace .
nice piece. regards to 1999 past students of Biheco. keep the fire burning. lets help our Alma mater in the best possible way. proud of you guys
very intelligent students.making good grades under very difficult circumstances.headmaster Eleeza was disciplined and hands on.very few students came from outside the region.nice article still...........
I am sure the name Amakpa was given to Father Eleeza way back in the 60s. It was, anyway, there before I entered the school. When I entered Biheco, Father Eleeza had just returned from abroad where he did his M.A. in History ...
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We never thought Biheco would be the same after Kodzo left in 1975. We were very happy we didn't have to be under a black headmaster. It sounds stupid but that was what we felt when we heard Kodzo was leaving at what was a ra ...
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Thanks, Sam, for the additional information. Sorry, I was out all day and just got back to the article.
EWES ALWAYS TOOTING THIER HORNS TO COVER THIER PERSONALITY-SHORTCOMINGS-CHILDRAPE-TROIKOSI
If you have any brains at all then please write the story for Prempeh too. Prempeh is not a bad school school. All he said was that his school is among the top ten in the country. What is wrong with that? Why must this turned ...
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Thanks, Paa Nii. I am saddened by the fact that this person will turn a piece that was written to honor the departed into another tribal issue. Just so sad.
This is a brilliant piece and those of us who were lucky to have been trained by Father priems whill alwys remeber him as the one who shaped our future. May he rest in oerfect peace.
Daniel, thanks for article. That's a great loss to BIHECO fraternity. As Soldiers Of Christ (SICUT MILES CHRISTI) we have to take heart during a moment like this. Indeed, we have missed one of the greatest man in the history ...
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His Last sermon:
"What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world but suffers the loss of his own soul"
I ran to town one day and was caught. I mowed the grass behind his office while he kept an eagle eye on me.
T ...
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I like the fact you shared your experience with us. I've been hoping that people will share their experiences, but, so far, I have not seen many.
I believe Amakpa is from Baglo Odumase, not Jasikan.
Correct.
Great article. But you forgot to list "THE" Mawuli School (The Volta Varsity)among the top ten in those days. Frankly, Bishop Herman was a good school but when compared to Mawuli, it was no match. Go back and check the record ...
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Great Mawuli
It was said that MAWULI SCHOOL at one time produced more students for the legon medical school than any other in the nation. I believed this was in the 70s and 80s. Those are past glories though, gone are those ...
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Mawuli did produce nurses, etc., not Dokitas! That credit goes to Presec!
That was funny but Mawuli was great those days. PRESEC might produce more in terms of nos as a result of its population but I think Mawuli did better when you cosider its smaller student population even though Mawuli today is ...
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Presec became great only after 1975. Prior to that it was not a particularly good school especially when they were still at Odumase Krobo. The school turned out its first 6th formers in 1975 among whom is the present VC of Le ...
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Behesco boys, where in the world is Ivan Risch?
Pryce, you unwittingly left out some schools in the northern regions that could arguably vie for a spot in your list, perhaps out of ignorance, so let me indulge you.....Saint Charles Secondary School in Tamale. It was and st ...
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Mojingles, thanks for your comments. Indeed, I did say that I was expecting protestations over my list! Please, don't take it too hard.
Mojingles, I believe st Charles was/is a good school. From your description, it smells of Catholic and boys, just like Biheco. Am I right?
THE TEN BEST BUT, THE QUESTION IS WHAT SCIENTIFIC AND INNNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PAST STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL MADE TO ACCELERATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOBS AND INCOME IN THE COUNTRY.
A FAMOUS CH ...
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I have always maintained that schools in Ghana do not produce thinkers but memorizers. I wish the govt will tackle higher education in Ghana because the school system does not teach nor encourage creativity, critical thinking ...
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I understand your argument, but my piece was more general than specific, and it was mainly about honoring the departed Father Priems. I may, someday, write about individual accomplishments, but it's going to be a while, since ...
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you are overlooking the fact that development is not necessarily due to one person's quantum leap!! people have contributed to the development of the country without being in the position to claim the glory. If a school produ ...
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It was the high disciplinary standard I benefited from the late Father Priems' tutelage whilst a student in Biheco(1968-1975) that has brought me this far in life. May he rest in perfect peace.
We were the last batch which left 6th form in Kodzo's last year. That was quite a batch - Edem Kpodo, the current national chairman of BHOBU and chairman of the tourist board, chubby Dutu, who informed me of Kodzo's death, Ak ...
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This was a batch I vividly remember for augmenting Kodzo's efforts at instilling discipline in the youth of the time.
Kudos to you all. i still maintain that all the training instilled did help in shaping the future of som ...
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Thanks Daniel for this wonderful piece about this great inspirational headmaster of wonderful BIHECO. I was lucky to be among the last batch of Kodzo's recruit to Form One in 1974, and the self discipline instilled in us at t ...
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Thanks, Dr. Anani, for your beautiful tribute to Father Priems.
YJNIrM I really enjoy the article post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
Biheco heads like Kodzo and Amakpa seem to be unique and will forever be remembered. Thanks for this piece
I love Biheco
B.H.C. 4eva, B.H.C. 4 life
I was also part of last batch admitted by "Kodzo" in 1974/75 academic yr. The guy was really tough!
Btw, Amakpa's mum is a Jasikan native and the father from Baglo.
Ghanata Secondary School in Dodowa is included in the best 10 Secondary Schools in Ghana during this period.
bishop herman can not be compared with adisadel
Dat's great
Bishop herman ge no size!
"sicut miles cristi" really soldiers of Christ.