Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon

Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon
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School typePrivate, Boarding school
MottoTo Serve With Love
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1963; 61 years ago (1963)
FounderFr. Nabben
AuthorityArchdiocese of Bamenda
School codeCenter N° 11025
PrincipalSr. Linda Kiven
GenderAll-girls
ClassesForms One to Upper Sixth
Average class size50
LanguageEnglish
HousesImmaculata, Rosary, Fatima, Bernadette, Shanahan, St Paul
Color(s)Cream and Red   
NicknameOLALOCO
NewspaperLourdes Beats
Graduates~3700
AlumniLourdes Ex-Students Association (LESA)
AnthemCome Children of the Rosary
Brother collegeSacred Heart College

Our Lady of Lourdes College (previously known as Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School), Mankon, is a Roman Catholic, all-girls secondary school located in Mankon, Bamenda in the North-West Region of Cameroon. It is run by the Holy Rosary Sisters under the authority of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. The school is reputed for producing some of the best results in the General Certificate of Education Ordinary and Advanced Levels in Cameroon.[1]

The school is the only girls' boarding school in northwest Cameroon.[2] The school teaches in English, but as of 2007 29% of its students speak French.[3]

  1. ^ "Sacred Heart, Lourdes, Saker Rated Best Schools". Cameroon Postline. 12 October 2009.
  2. ^ Nukuna-Fomunung, Lilian (29 December 2011). "OUR LADY OF LOURDES COLLEGE, MANKON – A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD".
  3. ^ Anchimbe, Eric (2007). Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 76.