SOCA – The institution of sports and academic excellence

This is not an advert! I am devoting this page today, in order to provide some invaluable information on Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy, SOCA, a non-profit institution that has been rendering services to young Nigerian boys and girls with passion and ambition to pursue the fulfillment of their dream in sports, particularly football.

This information may also be useful as a guide to parents that may be seeking what the school offers children in sport and society.

It’s been 17 years ago since the foundation stone of SOCA was laid. The vision that was clear to me alone at inception, and has been a hard-sell to most Nigerians for many years, blurred by its audacity and unique objectives

I am obliged to attempt again to clear the cobwebs about SOCA so that those that can benefit from it will do so. SOCA is my legacy to sport and to my country, an institution that will breed the best in sports anchored to academics.

SOCA is NOT a regular secondary school.

It is a SPORTS secondary school. There is a wide difference.

For clarity, SOCA is NOT a secondary school that offers some sports as an extra-curricular activity as in your typical school in Nigeria.

Most schools are set up primarily as institutions running the full national academic curriculums. Their provision for sports is token, optional and for interested students. The students are given the opportunity to participate in the mostly once-a-week (on Wednesdays) routine exercise, and for a few ‘wasted’ hours.

SOCA is an institution with primary focus on a full sports curriculum. The academics are a secondary part, a bait, a condition that must be fulfilled by the students in order to get their full dose of sports passion – 6 hours every day!

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