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.

Ellen Hagan (left) and Mrs. Essie Anno Sackey, Co-Founders of Legacy Girls College, jointly giving their remarks at the inaugural ceremony.

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.