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Brief History Of Rosary High School In Recognition Of Uwakpu as Their Host

16th January 1956 saw the opening of Rosary High School, Awgu by His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Heerey (ofblessedmemory). the Catholic  Archbishop. It was not an easy task to obtain approval to open' a new school in those days. For some reason, approval for the opening of Rosary High School' was even a more uphill task. His Grace did surmount all the difficulties however and when the approval came, the first set of students, numbering thirty (30) had to use  the present Saneta Maria primary school building on the same compound with Holy Rosary  Training College Enugu, as a classroom block. It was a purely day school.  To Rev.Sister Mary Breda Bird (formerly Sr. Eugenia) 'the first principal of the school, got the deserved credit of shouldering the usually difficult pioneering work of starting a school.  In 1957, urgent missionery matters, compelled Sr. Breda to leave the school. She was succeeded in the sam year by Rev. Sr. Mary Berchmans who having contributed ...
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History Of Uwakpu Mgbidi In Awgu LGA Of Enugu State

Uwakpu is a community in Mgbidi presently among the six communities that made up Ezinese Autonomous community in Mgbidi. The Name Uwakpu is unique in the whole universe, Uwakpu Mgbidi was a very large village in the pre-colonial era and they had largest population in Mgbidi. They had giants and warriors and to exhibit their strength, they cut a palm tree and held it on air with their hands as it was falling before they dropped it on ground. They also did that with a breadfruit tree (Osisi Ukwa). To further exhibit their strength, they cut an Osisi Akpu (Pine tree) and attempted to hold it on air as it was falling but the tree was very heavy and almost all of them died instantly. Some among the few that remained migrated out of Mgbidi and the left ones began procreation. This mystery brought the Name Uwakpu which means (Life of Pine tree). NB: Mgbidi was known as Nwe as written in general page of Mgbidi kingdom Uwakpu Mgbidi is a dichotomy of two communities which are Ifite Uwakpu ...
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