OLA Girls Senior High School (Kenyasi)

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OLA Girls Senior High School
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OLA Girls Senior High School (Kenyasi)
Ahafo Region

Kenyasi

Ghana
Coordinates 6°59′14″N2°24′08″W / 6.9871064°N 2.4021498°W / 6.9871064; -2.4021498
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School typeAll Girls School
FounderCatholic Missionary sisters of Our Lady of Apostles
School district Asutifi North District
Oversight Ministry of Education
GenderGirls
Classes offeredHome Economics, General Science, General Arts, Visual Arts, Business Accounting, Agricultural Science
LanguageEnglish

Ola Girls' Secondary School is first female second cycle institution in Kenyase No. 2 to be established in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

Ola Girls' Secondary School was established in 1973 by the Catholic Sisters, Our Lady of Apostles in collaboration with the late Rev James Kwadwo Owusu, and the then Omanhene of the Kenyasi No.2 Traditional Area, Nana Nsiah Ababio. [5] However it officially started on the September 27, 1974 with 34 girls. It was until September, 1976 that it was absorbed into the public school system. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Duodu, Samuel (2008-05-26). "OLA GIRLS HOLD FIRST SPEECH DAY (SPREAD)". SAMUEL DOUDU'S STORIES. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "OLA Girls Senior High School". www.ghanavisions.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. ↑ "OLA Girls SHS overrun by lesbianism - Old student reveals". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  4. ↑ emmakd (2019-02-14). "Ahafo Region created, Goaso capital". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  5. ↑ Stories, Samuel Duodu's (2008-05-26). "SAMUEL DUODU'S STORIES: OLA GIRLS HOLD FIRST SPEECH DAY (SPREAD)". SAMUEL DUODU'S STORIES. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Goaso Diocese - OLA GIRLS' KENYASI LAUNCHES RUBY JUBILEE". goasodiocese.org. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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