₦airaland Forum

kuramo:
Fellow Nairalanders,

It will be interesting to know the ten oldest secondary schools in Nigeria and where they are today in terms of academic excellence.

kuramo:
@ eGuerrilla

Thanks for providing some extra data on the subject, however my initial intention was to highlight the oldest 10 but i guess it's OK to find out at least the 25 oldest secondary schools in Nigeria to give them some sort of exclusivity.

These schools are the foundation of education in this country and they deserve due recognition. On a side issue i really doubt if Sapele Urban District Council School and Bida School were de facto secondary schools at the time of their formation. I remain to be corrected on this.

So which secondary schools are the 25 oldest in Nigeria ?

Aigbofa:
Christ's School, Ado- Ekiti. 1933

kuramo:
(1) CMS Grammar School, Lagos: 1859

(2) Methodist Boys High School, Lagos : 1878

(3) Methodist Girls High School, Lagos : 1879

(4) Baptist Academy, Lagos : 1885

(5) Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, is established as Nigeria's first east of the Niger secondary school in 1895

(6) St John's School (Bida) 1904

(7) Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun : 1908

( Kings College , Lagos : 1909

(9) Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ogun : 1913

(10) Eko Boys High School, Lagos : 1913

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(11) Ondo Boys High School, Ondo : 1919

(12) Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Anambra: 1925

kuramo:
(1) CMS Grammar School, Lagos:    1859

(2) Methodist Boys High School, Lagos :  1878

(3) Methodist Girls High School, Lagos :   1879

(4) Baptist Academy, Lagos  :    1885

(5) Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun :   1908

(6) Kings College ,   Lagos   :                1909

(7) Ijebu-Ode Grammar School,  Ogun :  1913

( Eko Boys High School, Lagos       :     1913

(9) Ondo Boys High School,  Ondo     :    1919

(10) Dennis Memorial Grammar School,  Anambra: 1925

Harbb:
Gen. Murtala Mohammed College Yola Adamawa State was founded in 1920 with notable Nigerians like Atiku Abubakar (Former VP), Prof. Jibril Aminu, Admiral Murtala Nyako as old boys of the school.

eGuerrilla:
There are several more missing from this list, so do fill in the blanks

Church Missionary Society (CMS) Grammar School  founded in 1859  --- Older than Nigeria
Reference: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/5438315-147/Older_than_Nigeria.csp

Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, is established as Nigeria's first east of the Niger secondary school in 1895
Reference: http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/narticles/nigeria_from_1000.htm

St John's School (Bida) 1904
Reference: http://www.stmichaels-college.com/default.asp?Id=39[/b

[b]Sapele Urban District Council School founded in 1907 -- a primary school, perhaps.
Reference: http://www.waado.org/biographies/salubi/publications/sapele.htm

Abeokuta Grammar School founded in 1908
Reference: http://abeokuta.freeservers.com/History.HTM

Kings College, Lagos, founded in 1909
Reference: http://kingscollegelagos.com/

Ibadan Government College, Oyo State  founded in 1927
Barewa College, Zaria, founded in 1927
Government College Umuahia  found in 1927
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_College_Umuahia



G.C.I - Government college Ibadan was established in 1929 , the year of their diamond jubilee. I was a student in the school then.
If primary schools are to be included then Bola memorial school Maryland should be included. It was established in 189something as I did my G.C.E there in 1994.

St Gregory's College founded in 1928
Reference: http://www.gregs-alumni.com/index.php

Christ the King College, Onitsha, Anambra was founded in 1933
Reference: http://www.nigeriainfonet.com/Srchdata2/ckconitsha.htm

Holy Rosary College (HRC) Enugu  founded in 1935
Reference: http://www.enugulist.com/find-a-list-businesses/hrc-holy-rosary-college.html

cantell:
My alma mater - Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha.(Anambra State)
Founded in 1925.