Christ's School,Ado-Ekiti; Still Standing Tall
Christ's School, Ado Ekiti is a day and boarding, government-owned secondary school located in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The school is a coeducational school with the girls' section located directly opposite the boys' section. The school was founded on 30 June 1933 by the British missionary, Archdeacon Henry Dallimore, it was originally christened 'Ekiti Central School,' a co-educational secondary school, taking students into classes V and VI. It was renamed 'Christ's School, Ado Ekiti' by Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon, the governor of then Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria. In 1936, it moved to its permanent and current site, the Agidimo Hills.It was conceived as an attempt to advance secondary school education in Ekitiland and Western Nigeria in an atmosphere where discipline, diligence and academic excellence would be nurtured and guaranteed. ‘The total impact of the education to be given was to make the individual a useful pers...