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Olofofo247ng:
Students of Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria performing experiment inside a science Laboratory.

Date: 18th of September, 1960


Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, and E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students numbered 29.

During the Second World War, the school temporarily moved to several sites before finally resettling back at its original site. The alumnus popularly called Old Boys, holds an annual reunion programme in order to connect former students.

In the period before the dissolution of the country's Western Region, the school earned the fame of being the best secondary school in Nigeria.

Some of its notable alumni's include the following:

Adegoke Adelabu, Akinola Aguda, T. M. Aluko, Segun Awolowo, Wale Babalakin, Cyprian Ekwensi, Oba Erediauwa of Benin-City, Abel Guobadia, Christopher Kolade, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Femi Osofisan, Ayo Rosiji, Olaokun Soyinka and his father, Wole Soyinka.

BAT too claimed he went there.

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

Most of dem don pass to the other side

Kukutente23:
Is this not Tinubu's school abi na one of the schools he claimed?

go ask him bro

na 1 picture be dis. na only 6 people dey inside

Up school...up GCI

grandstar:
My granddad who was a cocoa farmer sent a daughter of his to school, and she got pregnant.

He swore never to send another daughter to school and he kept to his word for decades.

Eventually, he relented like any good dad would and sent another of his daughters to school. She too got pregnant.

Such is life!

I am in full support of female education.

Cross river?

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

No! They are in their 70s and 80s - right now!

grandstar:
My granddad who was a cocoa farmer sent a daughter of his to school, and she got pregnant.

He swore never to send another daughter to school and he kept to his word for decades.

Eventually, he relented like any good dad would and sent another of his daughters to school. She too got pregnant.

Such is life!

I am in full support of female education.

All I will say to that is that as a former teenaged hormonal male, ......e no easy.

emmy512:
Cross river?

Ondo state.

Wealthyonos:
Life.... These guys will be old by now.

They should be in their 70s by now.

Osiris12:
Make person show us tinubu picture inside in primary or secondary schools

That picture doesn't exist anywhere in the world

1960 to 2026 is 66 years,,d Youngest boy there can't be less than 15,,add 66+15 u have 81years,, so where is 70s coming from?

dominique:
Late 70s

Up G.C.I

bodejohn:
UP GCI...

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

Abi 70s sef. 1960 to date is 66 years. The youngest among them should be 10

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

Mid 60s Keh 😂

U are not good at mathematics at all 😊

They will be around 80yrs now


2026-1960=66

66 yrs+ thier age then


Let assume dey are 14 yes then

66+14=80yrs

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

In their late 70s or early 80s

Wealthyonos:
Life.... These guys will be old by now.

Yeah, averagely 80/81y assuming they were 14, 15 year olds in that picture.

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

This one can't do simple arithmetic. Someone that is 12 to 14 yesrs in 1960 is how old today?

Wealthyonos:
Life.... These guys will be old by now.

Old guys who failed to replicate free education for all children that they benefited from, thanks to progressive Awolowo policies up to 1960.

Do we have progressive politicians today? Or are they all just progreThief propagandist liars

anonimi:
Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner
September 4, 2022

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

Wealthyonos:
Life.... These guys will be old by now.

Most are definitely dead (going by life expectancy). They're all around 80

AndSunGorilla:
BAT too claimed he went there.

The Ayederu who has a name different from his Mogaji mother?

FLASHBACK: Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola narrating the life of Tinubu years ago. #Ayederu (Counterfeit)pic.twitter.com/xr40gXe9Qx

— ayemojubar 🫆 (@ayemojubar) June 26, 2022

The fake one who used Donald Duke’s childhood photos?



https://wakaaboutafrica.com/those-who-did-tinubus-documentaries-used-my-photo-as-his-at-12-donald-duke/

Wow! Just before Nigeria Independence.

richiemcgold:
65 years later, most schools still use this same set of archaic facilities to teach science till now. Some schools don't even have lab.

"MOST SCHOOLS"?

HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE YOU BEEN TO IN NIGERIA TO CHECK?

YOU JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO TYPE RUBBISH BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTERNET, ABI?

TALKING AS IF THE COUNTRY WAS FILLED WITH SCHOOLS IN 1960 RATHER THAN A TINY HANDFUL OF SO CALLED MISSIONARY SCHOOLS.

NIGERIA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS VASTLY EXPANDED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE SCHOOLS THAN YOUR 1960 CONDITION OF 95% ILLITERACY RATE COMPARED TO 25% TODAY.

AND WITH IT, BETTER AND MORE MODERN LAB FACILITIES, INCLUDING DIGITAL RESOURCES NOW WIDELY AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS.

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

Non of them, if alive, should be less than 80 presently.
That's a 1960 pix. 65 years ago.
Each of those boys there can't be less than 15 years old. Add 15 to 65, that will give 80.

I checked the photo, looking for one particular pupil who claimed to have graduated from GCI...

Has anyone spotted him?
You can't miss him out (that's if he was in there), the froggy eyes give him away forthwith.

Woeful generation..they had it all good but still messed up the country

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

How can they be be in their minds 60s
When from 1960 to 2026 is already 66years.

The people in the picture can't be less than 80+old

Kushites:
"MOST SCHOOLS"?

HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE YOU BEEN TO IN NIGERIA TO CHECK?

YOU JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO TYPE RUBBISH BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTERNET, ABI?

As a book publisher, I do business with schools nationwide. I visit different schools in different states almost on daily basis. Believe me when I say most schools in Nigeria don't have standard laboratories. Some don't even have at all; (especially all these mushroom private schools). I'm a Nigerian, I'm not talking down my country, I'm only saying it as it is.

BTW, your insults is of no meaning to me. You can keep them coming.

The world has gone beyond this kind of experiment.
It's good to be civilized and catch up with advanced technologies.
Don't be jealous of those moving with giant strides.
Instead of B R O W N R O O FS, copy the great success of your superior blodas.

jamafa:
Mid 60s Keh 😂

U are not good at mathematics at all 😊

They will be around 80yrs now


2026-1960=66

66 yrs+ thier age then


Let assume dey are 14 yes then

66+14=80yrs

My brother
😂

[quote author=richiemcgold post=138083619]65 years later, most schools still use this same set of archaic facilities to teach science till now. Some schools don't even have lab.



As a book publisher, I do business with schools nationwide. I visit different schools in different states almost on daily basis. Believe me when I say most schools in Nigeria don't have standard laboratories. Some don't even have at all; (especially all these mushroom private schools). I'm a Nigerian, I'm not talking down my country, I'm only saying it as it is.
Why do you label schools that you do business with as mushrooms? Anyway, your books too might not pass as standard. So you are still part of the educational problem selling books to schools and encouraging them to make parents buy regularly to keep your business flowing. Hope you heard of the new directive about single use Text books?

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

Nah...more like mid 70s.