Queen's College, Lagos Explained

Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girls' secondary (high) school with boarding facilities, situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. Often referred to as the "sister college" of King's College, Lagos, it was founded on October 10, 1927, when Nigeria was still a British colony.[1]

Nigeria has a 6-3-3-4 system of education. Queen's College takes the secondary pupils in the middle two phases. There are six year groups, or grades; each year group contains about 600 students divided into several arms. Recently, class sizes are an average of 55 per class. The total population for the 2022/2023 session was 3505 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 in Nigeria, and one of the top girls' schools on the African continent.[2] [3] The Queen's College motto is "Pass On The Torch".[4]

History

Queen's College was established on 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[5] and she helped to establish Queen's College as a girls' boarding school.[6]

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.[7]

Though originally established in 1927, Queen's College is now one of 104 unity schools in Nigeria managed by the federal government to bring together children from different geographic, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to build Nigeria's future, especially in the aftermath of the Biafran War.[8]

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 six vice principals:

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:

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

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170623155107/http://qcalumniusa.org/queens-college-lagos/ . 23 June 2017 . Queens College Lagos. Queens College Lagos Alumni, USA .
  2. Web site: Top 27 Best Secondary Schools in Lagos State in 2020 . Edusko Blog.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170623155107/http://qcalumniusa.org/queens-college-lagos/ . 23 June 2017 . Queens College Lagos. Queens College Lagos Alumni, USA .
  4. Web site: Queens College, Lagos | About us.
  5. Helen Callaway, Gender, Culture and Empire: European Women in Colonial Nigeria (Springer 1986): 112.
  6. Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain, 1919-1945 (Routledge 2002): 92.
  7. Web site: History – Queen's College Old Girls Association . 2023-06-21 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Federal Unity Colleges . 2024-03-24. Federal Ministry of Education. en-US.
  9. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/new-ceos-resume-immediately-who-they-are/ New CEOs resume immediately, who they are?
  10. Book: Esi Sutherland-Addy. Esi Sutherland-Addy. Aminata Diaw. Aminata Diaw. Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel. 2005. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. 978-1-55861-500-7. P. A. Itayemi Ogundipe. LeRay Denzer. 189–90.
  11. Web site: Women Who Blazed The Legal Trail In Nigeria. 8 March 2017.
  12. Web site: Uche Chika Elumelu on Virtual Filmmaking and Surviving a Pandemic in Nollywood. 28 September 2020.

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