Nigeria’s 12 Oldest Secondary Schools and Their Founding Years
Nigeria’s oldest secondary schools reflect a long history of formal education across the country. CMS Grammar School, Lagos, founded in 1859, leads the list. Other early institutions include St. Anne’s School, Ibadan (1869); Methodist Boys’ High School, Lagos (1878); Methodist Girls’ High School, Lagos (1879); and Baptist Academy, Lagos (1885). Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, was founded in 1895, followed by Oron Boys’ High School (1897), St. Paul’s College, Awka (1900), Wesley College, Ibadan (1905), Abeokuta Grammar School (1908), King’s College, Lagos (1909), and St. John’s School, Bida (1909).
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