Holy Cross Convent School (other)
Holy Cross Convent School may refer to: * Holy Cross Convent School, Windhoek, Namibia * Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane, Maharashtra, India See also * Holy Cross School (other) Holy Cross School may refer to: Places Canada * Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (St. Catharines), Ontario * Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, Kingston, Ontario * Holy Cross High School (Saskatoon), Saskatchewan * Holy Cross Regional High ...

Holy Cross Convent School, Windhoek
The Holy Cross Convent School, short: Convent, is a school in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.Holy Cross Official site
, accessed 27 August 2010 It is one of the oldest schools in the country.

History

The Convent was established in 1906 as an Oblates of Mary Immaculate Catholic school for girls at the initiative of the German empire, German imperial administration. Bishop Koppmann informed the Director of Education that as from the beginning of the 1977 school year, the Catholic Church would open their educational institutions to all population groups. The result of this move was the Education Department's withdrawal of the subsidy to the school. The German Catholics made up for the loss of subsidy by donating South African rand, R15,000 annually to the s ...
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Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane
Holy Cross Convent High School is an all-girls school located in K'Villa, Thane, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 1964 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014. The medium of instruction is English. The school houses classes from kindergarten up to class ten. The school follows the SSC (Secondary State Certificate) pattern of examination. It is one of the premier primary and secondary educational institutions in the Greater Mumbai (Bombay) area and has a widespread alumnae network. History In 1839, Mother Claudine Echernier founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod in France with the help of Friar Peter Marie Mermier (who founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, known worldwide for its Salesian Convent Schools). The Sisters of the Cross spread to India in 1886 propagating their charitable educational goals for women in Amravati and then spreading to other parts of the country - Kolkata (Calcutta) and Vishakhapatnam ...
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