History of the School

College Monfant was created in 1970 by Bishop Pierre-Barthelemy HANRION, for the scholarly education and the opening of the minds of young girls of the north of Togo. 

Young girls in the Savannah Region of Togo in particular and in Togo as a whole have been marginalized for a long time by preconceptions and cultural prejudices, which form a barrier to their educational development.

Conscious of this powerful deterrent to the development of the Savannah region and to the country as a whole, Bishop HANRION, of the diocese of Dapaong, wanted to help the people of the region to move beyond their limitations by creating a school named “Monfant”. What does this name signify? It’s a Moba language expression that literally means, “Open up your mind.” The creation of this school has, therefore, the goal of educating and opening the minds of young girls on several levels: intellectual, spiritual, and moral.

From the time of its creation to the present, the number of girl students has grown. Thus, from only ten girls in 1970, there are now  316 students, with an average of 35 students per class and a boarding school component with the capacity to provide room and board for 80 students. The boarding school is designed to host girls who come from more distant villages and even some coming from other parts of Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso. It is worth noting that the staff at Monfant includes three government teachers, paid by the Togolese government, and the rest are employees of the school itself.

Alumni of the school have gone on to professional careers in Togo and abroad.