King's College Lagos

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King's College Lagos was founded on September 20, 1909 with 10 students on its original site at Lagos Island, adjacent to the Tafawa Balewa Square and was based on the English public school format of secondary school education. The first Principal of the school was Mr. Lomax. It was modelled on an English public school and has produced many past, present and future leaders of Nigeria . The roll call of the students who finished from the school is like a rundown of who's who in Nigeria . From Supreme Court Justices to Governors and leaders of Industries, the list is endless. The school admits male students only but there were some female (A Level)HSC students before the establishment of Queen's College Lagos. Now the school conducts exams for the West African School-Leaving Certificate and more recently the National Examinations Council. Currently, there are four houses in the school named after former principals of the school.Hyde-Johnson's House (Red), Panes' House(Blue), Mckee-Wright's House(yellow) and Harman's House(Green). It also has eight arms per class that is from A-H. The Principal of the school, MR. J.B. LADAN is a seasoned educationist and a Director of Education. Under his leadership, the school is being transformed into a semblance of its former glory. (He is fully in support of the school having a comprehensive web Portal for the school - to enable real time communication among Parents, their wards, Teachers and Old Boys.) Due to population constraints and the increasing need of Nigerians for World-class secondary school education, the school was divided into two campuses with the senior school moving into the premises of the former Federal School for Arts and Sciences ( F.S.A.S) on Adeyemo Alakija VIctoria Island . This did not mean that the school was divided as it was still under the control of one Principal and ultimately under the control of the Federal Ministry of Education. This meant that the senior classes of the school ( Senior Secondary School classes 1-3) were now in the Victoria Island "Annex" as that campus came to be known. The School Uniform consists a white shirt (long-sleeved for those in the senior school and short-sleeved for those in the junior school), a school tie and/or a school badge, white trousers, black belt, socks and shoes and a blazer.