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Figure 24. Graduating class of the Girls’ School of Monastir, 1902 – In the centre,
Headmistress Sappho Theiou
d) “Central Girls’ School of Monastir” (Demetriou Brothers School for
Girls)
The Central Girls’ School of Monastir was built in 1880 by benefactors
Ioannis and Theochares Demetriou (from Egypt) and had an enrolment
of 581. 71 In 1883 the school had an enrolment of 409 (177 in the Nursery
School, 186 in the Lower School, 46 in the Upper School) and a staff of
4; a year later (1884) the number of girls had climbed to 450. 72 In 1906
there were 512 girls in the school, and 11 teachers. 73 In 1912 the school had
71. Stephanos . Papadopoulos, Educational and social action, 134.
72. (Historical Archives of Macedonia) / P (Archives of the Metropolitan
Diocese of Pelagonia) 1876-1913, file 31(3) (1882-1884 – General Register of the Girls’
School of Monastir - Extracts).
73. Nikolaos Char. Georgiades, My writings, 14.