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History

St Louis College, a Catholic Girls’ school was established by the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Reddington(SMA), the first Catholic Bishop of Jos and proprietor of the Catholic schools, on the 25th of January, 1960.

Bishop Redington invited the St Louis Sisters(SSL) who were already running a very successful secondary school for girls in Kano, to do same on the Plateau for the church, to cater for the education of girls. The bishop had prior to this, established 2 schools for boys, namely St Murumba College Jos (Day school) and St Joseph’s college Vom(Bording).

St Louis College started at a temporary site, Our Lady of Fatima Primary School, Laranto, Jos, with 30 girls, 7 staff members, consisting of4 St Louis Sisters and 4 lay members of staff, as teachers. It finally moved to the permanent site along Joseph Gomwalk Road Jos on the 7th October 1960.

The school was established to cater for the secondary education of girls in this part of the country as part of the Catholic Diocese of Jos’ own contribution to the qualitative man power development of Nigeria, which was a great need at the time when there was very little attention given to the education of girls.

The school which started at Our Lady of Fatima Primary school with a population of thirty (30) students with few teachers and the pioneer principal, Sr.Mary Derinella(SSL), later called Sr. Patricia Moloney(SSL) grew from that small seed into a giant oak.

The founding Principal Sr, Patricia (Derinella), worked hard and assiduously from the beginning to raise the standards of the school to such enviable heights that it became a reference point both for academics and moral rectitude.

In December 1969, Sr. Ita McGuane(SSL) took over as principal when Sr. Patricia had to return to Ireland to take up higher responsibilities in their Mother House, while Sr Carmel Dodd(SSL), the VP was made Regional Superior of St. Louis Sisters in Nigeria and had to leave Jos to go live in the Regional House in Ibadan.

Sr. Ita was Principal until July 1977 when she was transferred to St Louis College, Kano as principal, an appointment she never took up as she unfortunately died in a car accident with the school driver , Mallam Saleh Ibn Mohammed, 5 kilometers to Kano. Mrs. Bibiana Bawa (Prof), then became Principal from 1977 to August 1980, when Sr. Mary Patrick Dimlong(OLF) took over the helm of affairs from 1981 to 2006.

Sr. Florence Golam(OLF) became Principal from 2006 to 2009. Sr. Irene Miaphen, who is the present principal of the school, has been piloting the affairs of the school since 2009. Currently, the school boasts of about five hundred and sixty two (562) students, forty two (42) academic staff and forty five (five) non academic staff.

History of SLOGA

What we have today as ST. LOUIS OLD GIRLS ASSOCATION(SLOGA) was the brain child of 2 St Louis Sisters – Sr Eileen Burns and Sr Carmel Dodd( both of blessed memories).

They were both teachers in the school for so many years. They individually and at different times shared with Magdalen Uwaomah, an old student of the 5th set, their concerns about some old students were “out there alone” especially in bad times like in time of illness, suffering or bereavement, as though we abandoned our school motto, “Ut sint unum ” Dieu le veut” (That they may be one” God wills it”), on graduating from school.

The challenge to organize the girls to get it started was then thrown to Magdalen Uwaomah-Yussuf, who, together with Josephine Ewuga did the foot walk to rally the old girls for the formation of the Old Girls Association.

By October 1978 after an inaugural meeting of the old girls in the School Hall, SLOGA was born. The journey to fulfill the dreams and desires for oneness and togetherness enshrined in the school motto thus began.

Though the ride has not been smooth/consistent, over this period we have had a set of faithful Girls in the persons of Magdalen Uwaomah, Josephine Ewuga,Julie Makama, Funke Oworu,Late Katryn Hoomkwap, Rhoda Dabels, Dinatu Daliop, Oklahoma Obande(of blessed memories), Sarah Yusuf, Sr. Mary Patrick Dimlong, Sr. Irene Maphen and a host of others who have strived to keep it afloat.

Recently Girls in the 80’s, 90’s and 2000 who have consolidated on that by sponsoring projects and indigents. The association has been able to pull through to what we can boast of today, which emerged to a national body in 2010 during the celebration of the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of the School.

The Association was incorporated in 2010 with RC Number : CAC/IT/No 37215, which brought about the emergance of 6 members of the Board Of Trustees.

Today there are Six (6) chapters of SLOGA, namely: Plateau, Benue, Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna and United Kingdom.

Aims and Objectives

To foster true spirit of sisterhood, understanding and ties of friendship between the old girls

To encourage old students girls to develop interest in the activities, projects and aspirations of the school as well as maintain our alma mater true spirit of sisterhood, understanding and ties of friendship.

To promote education and inculcate in members a true spirit of leadership and service.

To raise funds towards the realization of the Association's objectives and to work in collaboration with other Organizations and Associations with similar objectives.

To empower, promote the growth and provide professional/social support for the benefit of her members and young girls in general.

To take an active interest in the civic, social, moral and general welfare of the school and its community in general.

To do all such things that are incidental and/or conducive to the attainment of the objectives of the Association.

Past SLOGA National Presidents

Magdalen Otunuya Rooli Uwaomah

Magdalen Otunuya Rooli Uwaomah

SLOGA Head Founding Member

Magdalene k Giwewhegbe

Magdalene k Giwewhegbe

SLOGA National President
2010 – 2016

Amb. Katyen C. Jackden, mni

Amb. Katyen C. Jackden, mni

SLOGA National President
2016 – 2020