St Rose's Senior High (Rosec or Roses) is a
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Catholic
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high school for girls, located in
Akwatia in the
Eastern Region of
Ghana
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. The second-cycle high school was founded in 1965 by the
Dominican Sisters
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.
History
St Rose's Senior High School is one of the girls' schools in the Eastern Region being managed by the Catholic Church. St. Rose's Senior High School (Formerly St. Roses Secondary School) was founded in November 1965 by the Dominican Sisters from
Speyer
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, Germany.
The Dominican founding Sisters were; Rev. Sr. Victricia Koch, who was then the Superior General of the Dominican Sisters in Ghana; Rev. Sr. Beatrix Koob, Rev. Sr. Zita Simon and Rev. Sr. Solamen Ott. They were brought to Ghana by the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, the then Bishop of the Accra Diocese of the Catholic Church.
The school first started as a teacher training college with 80 students but in September 1969, the teacher training college was changed over into a secondary school with the initial enrollment of 72 students. Barima Kofi Bempong II, the then chief of Akwatia, the Akwatia Traditional Council and the Akwatia Town Development Committee passed a resolution that gave birth to the establishment of the school.
Alliance
The school has an ongoing alliance with its fellow Roman Catholic boys' school
St. Peter's Boys Senior Secondary School (called Sperosa).
Competitions
They have been competing in the
Ghana National Science and Maths Quiz
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over the years.
Notable alumni
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Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong (born in Tema), is a Ghanaian female legal practitioner and a former Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice of Ghana. She was appointed by President Mahama in 2013. She is the second woman to hold this o ...
, lawyer and politician
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Eureka Emefa Adomako, botanist, researcher and academic
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Abena Amoah, investment banker
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Francisca Oteng-Mensah, politician
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Patricia Obo-Nai, Vodafone Ghana/CEO
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Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei, politician
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Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten, media practitioner and academic
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Sandra "Alexandrina" Don-Arthur, International Makeup artist and beauty mogul
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Marian Asantewah Nkansah FGA, environmental chemist
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Sandra Opoku, acting director of Ghana Ports
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Phyllis Osei, police officer
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Caryn Agyeman Prempeh, medical practitioner and television personality
See also
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Education in Ghana
Before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites, education in Ghana was mainly informal and based on apprenticeship. Economic activities in pre-colonial Ghana were based on farm produc ...
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List of senior high schools in Ghana
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Roman Catholicism in Ghana
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Women in Ghana
The status of women in Ghana and their roles in Ghanaian society has changed over the past few decades. There has been a slow increase in the political participation of Ghanaian women throughout history. Women are given equal rights under the C ...
References
1965 establishments in Ghana
Dominican schools
Educational institutions established in 1965
Girls' schools in Ghana
High schools in Ghana
Catholic secondary schools in Ghana
Education in the Eastern Region (Ghana)
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