Kpedze Senior High School History

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History

The school started in October 1962 as a Government institution; it was never privately run. In 1962, the Kpedze Youth Association was organizing to build a Community Center in Kpedze. They had put some money together for the purpose.. The Hon. Hans Kofi Boni, then Volta Regional Commissioner convinced the Youth Association to divert £100.00 of this money into construction of buildings for the establishment of a secondary school in Kpedze. Hon. Boni then lobbied for the yet-to-be-born school to benefit from a fund that was available at the Volta Regional office; the school got £250.00. This gesture encouraged the Youth to support the plan to establish a school. Hon. Boni’s efforts were strongly supported by his party colleague and friend, the Hon. Dowuna-Hammond, the then Minister for Education.

The first temporary classrooms were constructed with the seed money from the Youth Society and the £250.00 Government grant. Boni. The people of Kpedze had to do the constructional work by communal labour. For dormitories, the Gbesemetey family donated their houses free of charge. Messieurs C. K. Gbena, Vincent Atsrim and Hon. Boni also released their houses for use as staff accommodation.

In 1965, three years after commencing business, the leaders of the Youth Association and Hon. Boni, who was, by virtue of his being a native of Kpedze, a member of the Association called on the community to donate land for a permanent site for the school. Six families responded and donated a total of 198 acres of land on which the school currently stands. The land-donor families include: the Ganafu, Agate, Owusu, Datsa, Libali and Awuma families.

The first Headmaster was Mr. Adobor (later Togbe Adjatekpor of Avatime Traditional Area). He managed the affairs of the school so well that within five years, academic performance became so good that Kpedze Secondary School was comparing favourably with the top schools in the Volta Region.

Location of school: Kpedze Senior High School is located in Kpedze. Kpedze is an old boarder-town situated about five kilometers from Hornuta, the boundary between Ghana and Togo. Kpedze is 44 kilometers away from Ho

Status of School: Kpedze Senior High School is a Day and Boarding Institution