Top 30 Oldest Secondary Schools in Nigeria

Secondary school life is the most crazy life you can ever enjoy, these moments are forever cherished because you get to meet some friends you might never see for a very long time. I went to a secondary school regarded as the best in the State, Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, established in the 1960 and still is not in the list of the Oldest schools in Nigeria.

I had friends I wished we saw everyday, but it's not possible, some already got married, some out of country and some yet to gain admission, still pushing to study in the Nigerian university. 

Well, if you had your education in any of the underlisted schools below, then I'll regard you as an old school student in the new school era, these schools are the oldest according to the years of existence, they are as old as the existence of Nigeria, the first secondary school in Nigeria is the Baptist Academy Obanikoro, Lagos which was established in 1855 by American Baptist Missionaries,The schools' imposing Chapel dominates the entrance of the school next to the football and sports pitch.

The school is essentially a landmark for Obanikoro as it the most notable thing you can associate with the area. 

The other schools are as follows:

1. Baptist Academy, Lagos : 1855

2. CMS Grammar School, Lagos: 1859

3. Methodist Boys High School, Lagos : 1878

4. Methodist Girls High School, Lagos : 1879

5. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar:1895

6. Saint Annes School, Ibadan : 1896

7. The Old Wesley college, Elekuro (now Wesley College of Science, Ibadan) : 1905

8. Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun : 1908

9. Kings College, Lagos : 1909

10. Alhuda College, Zaria : 1910

11. Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ogun : 1913

12. Eko Boys High School, Lagos : 1913

13. Government Secondary School, Ilorin :1914

14. Government College, Katsina-Ala : 1914

15. Etinan Institute, Etinan, Akwa Ibom: 1915

16. Ondo Boys High School, Ondo : 1919

17. Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta : 1923

18. Methodist College, Uzuakoli : 1923

19. Dennis Memorial Grammar School,Anambra:

1925

20. Queen's College, Lagos: 1927

21. Ibadan Government College, Oyo State:1927

22. Barewa College, Zaria : 1927

23. Government College Umuahia : 1927

24. St Gregory's College, Lagos : 1928

25. Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu:1931

26. Igbobi College, Yaba : 1932

27. St. Teresa’s College Ibadan : 1932

28. Christ The King College, Onitsha, Anambra :1933

29. Christ's School, Ado Ekiti : 1933

30. Holy Rosary College (HRC) Enugu : 1935

Is your school among the listed school above? If yes, you are an old school student and you were taught in an old school setting, and if No, you need to come get some tutorials from me on how survival was when I was in secondary school, you probably went to some new school with little or no social life. Feel free to drop your comments on the secondary school you attended.

Compiled by Adekunle Adewale for Absolute Hearts