Chrisland Schools

Chrisland Schools is a conglomerate of schools providing education for Nursery, Primary and Secondary School students from across Nigeria, but with facilities situated in Lagos and Abuja.

Background

The first Chrisland School was founded on 3 October 1977 by an educationist, High Chief Dr. (Mrs.) Winifred Adefolahan Awosika, OON, at Ikeja. Aside the Ikeja campus, the school sites are now in Lekki, Ladipo Oluwole, Festac, Idimu, Victoria Garden City (VGC), and Abuja[1][2]

Schools and founding dates

[3]

  • Chrisland School, Ladipo Oluwole – 3 October 1977
  • Chrisland School, Opebi – 2 October 1978
  • Chrisland College, Idimu – 27 February 1987
  • Chrisland School, VGC – 5 October 1998
  • Chrisland Nursery School, VGC – 5 October 1998
  • Chrisland High School, VGC – 23 October 2006
  • Chrisland High School, Ikeja – 15 September 2008
  • Chrisland Pre-Degree College – 27 September 2010
  • Chrisland School, Abuja – September, 2014
  • Chrisland High School, Abuja – 17 September 2015
  • Chrisland High School, Lekki – September, 2017

Extra curriculum activities

The VGC campus of the school celebrated her inaugural career day on 30 April 2015. The event was coordinated by the principal of the school, professor John Viljoen[4] [5]

In 2016, Chrisland Schools beat out other participants including Atlantic Hall, Meadow Hall, Day Waterman College, Temple Schools and Noble house to win the AISEN Volleyball Competition in the Senior Girls Category.[6]

On the 3rd day of December 2016, Chrisland Schools, Lagos, won the 10-school Loya Milk Swimming Competition tagged Loya Swim Meet. A competition organised by Loya Milk to boost swimming in secondary schools in the country.[7]

In 2016, Chrisland High School, Ikeja won the junior category for the Lagos Zone (which involved schools in the Southern part of the country) of the National History Competition with 80 points.[8]

Uwetu Obadiah-Franklin of Chrisland High School, Abuja defeated contestants from sixteen other countries to win the 2016 TSL International Schools Essay/ Debate competition in Dubai.[9]

Also in 2016, Chrisland High School, VGC finished 1st out of 37 schools that participated in the South Western Zone Nigeria regionals of the International Geography Olympiad.

In the annual literary competition, tagged Teecoks writing competition held in February 2017, Ibukunoluwa Addy of Chrisland College, Idimu, finished first in the prose category of the competition.[10]

As part of its 40th anniversary, Chrisland Schools on the 2nd day of March, 2017, commissioned the Chrisland High Performance Centre at the 24th Annual Inter-house Sports Competition of Chrisland College Idimu, Lagos State with a host of dignitaries attending.[11][12]

In March 2017, Chrisland School students participated in PROJECT WET; an initiative by Nestle Nigeria Plc in commemoration of the United Nations World Water Day for proper water management in the society as a standard for meeting water challenges to save the environment and ecological system.[13]

Scholarships and awards

Chrisland Schools has been given numerous awards over its history. Some of which include African Success Award (2008), All Primary School Pedachess Competition 2009, 2010, 2011, The African Best Quality School (2007), Scrabble Competition (2011), ECOWAS International Gold Award. Top 10 Private School 3 Times Winner of W/African Practice Award for Quality Education #rd out of 25300 Schools in National Level of Mathematics Competition (1 stage)

In 2013, Chrisland Schools awarded scholarships worth N27 million to six pupils, who came tops at the annual entrance examination that held in March. The award, solely sponsored by the Chairman and Founder, Chrisland Schools Limited, Dr.Winifred Awosika, lasts for six years and covers their secondary education.[14][15]

In the 2014/2015 academic year, the number of scholarships was increased from 6 to 10 pupils according to managing director, Chrisland Schools, Mrs. Ronke Adeyemi. She stated that the founder Dr. Awosika decided to increase scholarship recipients from six to 10 in line with her commitment to encouraging academic excellence.[16]

Chrisland Schools secured an Outstanding Rating in the 2017 Whole School Evaluation by the Office of Education Quality Assurance, a division of the Ministry of Education.

The exercise was carried out by District 1 Evaluators in Lagos State in November 2016. A revisit was made by the office in March 2017 to validate their findings, and found that the report was reliable and objective.

Notable alumni
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See also

References
  1. tell magazine. "tell issues". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. samuel gyasi obeng. "political independence with linguistic servitude". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. "Founding Dates". Chrisland Schools Limited. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. vanguard newspaper. "chrisland schools hold career day". tare youdeowei. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/chrisland-schools-holds-inaugural-career-day/
  6. http://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20170304/281960312540762
  7. http://punchng.com/chrisland-schools-win-loya-milk-swimming/
  8. "History competition produces winners - The Nation Nigeria". The Nation Nigeria. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. http://www.livingrainforest.org/news/students-nigeria-uae-take-top-honours-tsl-international-schools-debates/
  10. http://thenationonlineng.net/teecoks-competition-celebrates-winners/
  11. http://theeagleonline.com.ng/chrisland-schools-commission-sports-centre/
  12. http://www.thegazellenews.com/2017/03/03/chrisland-schools-commissions-sports-centre/
  13. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/nestle-advocates-water-management-habit/
  14. http://allafrica.com/stories/201305200289.html%5B%5D
  15. https://article.wn.com/view/2013/05/20/Chrisland_Schools_Award_N27_Million_Scholarship_to_Pupils/
  16. https://www.students.com.ng/10-brilliant-primary-school-pupils-get-scholarship/
  17. "I'm a private person — Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

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