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Queen of Apostles Boarding School, Elmina

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Queen of Apostles Boarding School
Location


Ghana
Information
TypePublic primary boarding school
EstablishedMarch 1884 (140 years ago) (1884-03)
FoundersCongregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles
Faculty5
Grades1st–7th grades
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Queen of Apostles Boarding School (formerly OLA Boarding) is a public Catholic primary boarding school for girls, located in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana. The school is sited on a hill just beside St. Joseph's Minor Basilica, the first Catholic church in Ghana.

The school was established in March 1884 by the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles and was the first Catholic school for girls in Elmina.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Staff (undated). "Presence of OLA Sisters in Ghana". Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles. "Apart from forming Christian families, the Sisters saw education as an effective tool for evangelisation, and established the first Catholic School for Girls in Elmina in March 1884."
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