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The SOS Hermann Gmeiner School was established in 1987 to provide education for children from the SOS Children’s Village-Tema and children of the Tema Municipality and its environs.
SOS HGS is established to offer children and adolescents a good education with continuous schooling. The school’s syllabuses are based on the Ghana Education Service Curriculum for Basic Education schools in Ghana with a few modifications to suit our standards. Our ultimate mission is to develop our students to be assertive, respectful, tolerant hardworking and disciplined in order to be responsible citizens.
SOS-HGS is non –residential and has excellent modern facilities, including an art studio, a library, and language, music, computer and vocational skills laboratories. It is located in community 6, in the port city of Tema, Ghana.
Most teachers in the school are Ghanaian Graduate teachers with several years of teaching experience. The school can also boast of very hardworking and dedicated supporting staff. There are currently 613 students enrolled.
We are very proud of our academic excellence and therefore we expect students who attend our school to maintain a high academic performance and meet our targets for progress through hard work.
At SOS HGS, we believe that students are creative, thoughtful, trustworthy and capable of making important decisions, and are accountable and responsible for their own actions. We therefore do not make punitive measures a way of maintaining discipline but rather discussions and appeals to our correct sense of judgment. However, there are offences which are unacceptable and improper and therefore merit certain sanctions. These are enshrined in the school’s code of discipline and the student’s handbook.
The school follows the Ghana Education Service Curriculum for Basic Schools in Ghana. Students write the BECE (Basic Education Certificate of Examination) after completing a nine year stay in the school.
Our teaching methodologies are learner centred with emphasis on the use of ICT. All subjects are compulsory.
The subject areas are:
English Language, French Language, Ghanaian Language (Asante Twi), Mathematics, Integrated Science, Basic Design and Technology (Pre-Vocational Skills, Pre-Technical Skills, Creative Arts: Music and Dance, Fine art), Natural Science, Citizenship Education, Social Studies, P.E. and ICT.
Students are tested in all the above subjects and are expected to make a minimum score of 70% pass mark and 80 %.-100% distinction. The school also uses the A-F grade ranking alongside the 1-9 grade ranking with A & 1 being the highest.
The school has a Special Education Resource room which caters for students/pupils identified as having Special Education needs
There is an SOS clinic in the SOS Children’s Village with experienced medical staff on site. Students are sent to the Tema General hospital when the need arises. There is also a sick bay in the school.
An orientation programme is organised for newly admitted class one pupils, class six pupils going to JHS 1 and new students in general
The school’s philosophy embraces the idea of multiple intelligences. There is therefore a variety of co-curricular activities which students can choose from. These are in the form of clubs and societies .Meetings for clubs are held on Friday afternoons. The following are the lists of clubs and societies:
Art/ Creative Club, Boy Scout, Girl Guide, Choir, Dance/Drama Club, Life Link Model United Nations Club, Home makers club, French Club, ICT club, Writers and Debaters Club, and the Swimming Club.
Admission is based on the availability of vacancies. Prospective students/pupils are required to write and pass an entrance examination in English Language and Mathematics. An excellent academic record from previous school and a recommendation will be a plus for admission.
Application fees are not refundable
- Class achievement record from previous school.
- Health record
- School uniform, and SOS socks.
- Physical Education Kit: This is given out according to the section
the student/pupil is assigned.
- SOS Friday ‘wear’ (anniversary cloth) and SOS T-shirts for special
occasions (excursions etc)
- School bag should contain pencils; erasers and sharpeners, face towel
and handkerchief.
- Lunch should be put in a lunch box not in the school bag.
It is advised that lunch should not be too oily.
- The school has a canteen where meals are sold.
NB. P.E kit, Friday ‘wear’, SOS socks and SOS T-shirts can be purchased
at the schoool
The school has adopted the Ghana Education Service calendar for Basic Schools.
The year is divided into three terms and is in session for 41 weeks per term.
BECE is written in April.
All departments of the school start when the bell rings at 7:45 am. |
