[ 2015-04-27 ]

All-girls private boarding school opened to empower women
Legacy Girls College, a privately owned all-girls
boarding school has been opened in Akuse, a town
in the Lower Manya Krobo district of the Eastern
Region.

Speaking at the grand opening of the senior high
school, Co-Founder of the institution, Ellen
Hagan, admonished young girls to excel in the
world of work, know their self-worth, discover
their purpose and be more solution-oriented in
making the world a better place.

The inaugural ceremony, according to school, was
to introduce Legacy Girls College to guests and
Ghana as a whole and to acquaint them with the
ideals on which the school was founded.

In a keynote address, CEO of Ghana Investment
Promotion Centre, Mawuena Trebarh, noted that
every girl who attends Legacy Girls College is
destined to be successful and leave a worthy
legacy because of the foundation on which the
school was established.

The principal of the school, Maranatha Kove,
revealed that Legacy Girls College has a mission
to “nurture the immense potential of girls to be
whatever they want to be in a fast-changing and
increasingly complex world".

She adds that education for the Legacy girls will
be aimed at preparing them to succeed in the real
world by training them to be confident and caring
with state of the art facilities that make
learning enjoyable.

The school crest was unveiled by Sedina Tamakloe
Attionu, CEO of Micro Finance and Small Loans
Centre (MASLOC) and Her Excellency Ms. Margit
Thomsen, Danish Ambassador to Ghana.

The Ambassador said the timing for the
inauguration of Legacy College - which aims also
to empower women - was appropriate because it
coincides with Denmark's celebration of 100 years
of women’s voting rights.

The crest was then explained by Queen Nana Adwoa
Awindor, Executive Director at Obaapa Development
Foundation and Premier Productions.

Essie Anno Sackey, Co-Founder of Legacy Girls
College, in her closing remarks, thanked all those
present and encouraged them to choose Legacy Girls
College in order to give their girls the grounding
needed to make a meaningful impact in society.

Also present at the event was Dr. Erica Bennet,
Ambassador for the Diasporan African Forum (DAF);
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and
Social Protection; Dr. Mrs. Sylvia Boye, former
Head of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND)
and Mrs. Joyce Boeh - Ocansey, Head of
Recruitment, LAINE Services Limited.

Courses offered at Legacy Girls College are
Enhanced Ghanaian curriculum and British
Curriculum for Senior High Schools with ancillary
departments for BECE remedial.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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