Queen's College, Lagos

Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girl's secondary (high) school with boarding facilities, situated in Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Often referred to as the "sister college" of King's College, Lagos, it was founded in 1927, when Nigeria was still a British colony.

There are six forms, or grades; each form contains about 600 students divided into several arms. Recently, class sizes have reduced to an average of 40 per class. The total population for the 2006/2007 session was 2,160 students.

The school has returned the best results nationwide in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) seven times since 1985 and is widely considered to be one of the top schools on the African continent. Its alumni include doctors, engineers, and lawyers who live and work all over the world including the United States, UK, Germany, Canada, France and other countries. The school motto is "Pass On The Torch."

History

Queen's College was established in October 10, 1927, with an enrolment of 20 students, a Principal and eight part-time teachers. Sylvia Leith-Ross was appointed "Lady Superintendent of Education" in 1925^[1] and she helped to establish Queen's College as a girl's boarding school.^[2]

Queen's College has grown to a population 3000 students, and a staff strength of well over 300 full-time teachers.

Queen's College has provided education for girls in Nigeria - creating equal gender opportunities for them in professional fields. Girls are given the opportunity to pursue courses in the Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Law, Architecture, the Arts, etc.

Structure

The school operates at two levels: junior and senior school. The lowest forms, JS I to JS III, make up the junior school. Students in those forms study for the Junior School Certificate Examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) and taken at the end of their third year. The Senior School Examination is the goal of the students in the upper forms.

Two examination bodies – West African Examinations Council and National Examinations Council – are each empowered to conduct separately the end-of-course examination and students are to enter for both examinations.

The senior and junior schools are distinct in their operations. Each stream of JS 1 through SS 3 has about eleven classrooms with varying numbers of students.

For management of both sections, the school is headed by the principal, designated PQC (Principal Queen's College) who is assisted by three vice principals:

The Vice Principal Administration
The Vice Principal Special Duties
The Vice Principal Academics

Curriculum

The curriculum of the school covers Science, Social Science, Arts -and vocational subjects as well as co-curricular activities. In line with the 6-3-3 4 system of education, the scope has been enlarged to give a broad-based education with subjects that can lead to courses in tertiary institutions. Staff and twelve Guidance Counselors are available to assist students in learning, in their choice of career, social adjustment, as well as their welfare.

Subjects offered in both Junior and Senior schools are:

English Language, Literature-in-English, History
Mathematics, Further mathematics
Social Studies, Geography
Integrated Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
French Language
Business Studies, Economics, Commerce, Accounting
Introductory Technology
Christian Religious Studies/Islamic Religious Studies
Nigerian language - Yoruba/Hausa/Igbo Languages
Agric/PHE
Arabic
Music/Fine art
Home Economics
Typewriting
Computer Studies
Government
Trading
Insurance/Book -keeping
Home economics/Food And Nutrition/Clothing And Textile.

The girls are involved in games and sports. The annual inter-house sports competition is usually held during the second term of the academic session. The school has six houses that compete in the inter-house games, namely Dan-Fodio (Red House), Obasa (Blue House), Obi (Yellow House), Emotan (Green House), Efunjoke (Purple House) and Obong (Orange House).

Principals

Miss F. Wordsworth (later Mrs. Tolfree) - 1927 to 1930
Miss W. W. Blackwell - 1931 to 1942
Mrs. D. Mather - 1942 to 1944
Dr. Alice Whittaker - 1944 to 1946
Miss Ethel Hobson - 1946 to 1950
Miss Mary Hutcheson -1950 to 1954
Miss Joyce Moxon - 1954 to 1955
Miss Margaret. Gentle (later Mrs. Harwood) - 1956 to 1963
Mrs. 1. E. Coker - 1963 to 1977 (First Nigerian principal of Queen's college)
Mrs. T. E. Chukwuma - 1978 to 1982
Mrs.A.A Kafaru - 1982 to 1986.
Mrs. J. E. Ejueyitche - 1986 to 1987
Mrs. J. Namme - 1987 to 1991
Mrs. H. E. G. Marinho - 1991 to 1996
Mrs. M. T.F. Sojinrin - 1996 to 2001
Mrs. O. O. Euler-Ajayi - 2001 to 2004
Mrs. M. B. Abolade - 2004 to 2006
Mrs. O. Togonu-Bickersteth - 2006 to 2008
Mrs. A. C. Onimole - 2008 to 2010
Mrs. A. Ogunnaike - 2010 to 2011
Mrs. M. O. A. Ladipo - 2011 - 2012
Mrs E. M. Osime - 2012 - 2015
Mrs Lami Amodu - 2015 - till date

Alumni

Include:

Suzanne Iroche, CEO of FinBank^[3]

References

^ Helen Callaway, Gender, Culture and Empire: European Women in Colonial Nigeria (Springer 1986): 112. ISBN 9781349183074
^ Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain, 1919-1945 (Routledge 2002): 92. ISBN 9781134722440
^ New CEOs resume immediately, who they are?, Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016

External links

Official website
Jet, Njoku Onyekacji (2006-08-15). "Queens College holds valedictory service". The Sun Online. The Sun Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
"Queen's College Expels 30 Students". Online Nigeria. 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2007-05-05.

[1] Helen Callaway, Gender, Culture and Empire: European Women in Colonial Nigeria (Springer 1986): 112. ISBN 9781349183074

[2] Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain, 1919-1945 (Routledge 2002): 92. ISBN 9781134722440

[new-3] New CEOs resume immediately, who they are?, Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016

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