Bishop Crowther Seminary

Last updated
Bishop Crowther Seminary
BCS school gate.jpg
Address

,
Information
MottoRise and Shine
Religious affiliation(s) Christian
Denomination Anglican
OpenedSeptember 21, 1979
Founder Diocese on the Niger
StatusOpen
PrincipalVen. Nnamdi Emendu, PhD
GenderBoys
CampusSuburban
Song Hymns Ancient and Modern 271
AthleticsMain sports: Cricket, soccer, track and field, basketball, volleyball
Website www.bishopcrowtherseminaryawka.com

Bishop Crowther Seminary (BCS), established as Bishop Crowther Junior Seminary in 1979 by the Diocese on the Niger, is a private Anglican boys' boarding school located along Works Road, Awka in Anambra State, Nigeria. [1]

Contents

History

The school opened on September 21, 1979 with 64 pupils under the guidance of Rev. Dr. J.P.C Okeke. It was renamed Bishop Crowther Seminary in 1996 and has since served both primary and secondary school students. [1]

[2]

Academic curriculum

Bishop Crowther Seminary offers an educational curriculum of international standard.

Junior Secondary School

Subjects taught at the junior secondary level include English Language/Literature, Mathematics, Igbo Language, Social Studies, Basic Science, Agricultural Science, Business Studies, Basic Technology, Cultural and Creative Arts, French, Computer Studies, Christian Religious Knowledge, Civic Education, Physical and Health Education and Moral Instruction.

Senior Secondary School

At the senior secondary level, subjects taught include English Language, Mathematics, Literature in English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Igbo Language, Agricultural Science, Technical Drawing, Economics, Further Mathematics, Computer Science, Government, Christian and Religious Studies, Geography, Fine Arts, History, Moral Instruction, Data Processing, Animal Husbandry, Photography, Building Technology, Painting and Decoration.

Admission

Candidates seeking admission to the seminary are required to go through a set of examinations and interviews. The Council for Seminaries and Convents in the Southeastern States of Nigeria organizes the first examination. Each successful candidate will undergo additional interviews conducted by the Deans of Examination and the Quality Control Unit. Applicants for higher classes apply in writing to the proprietor (The diocesan) after attaining the basic requirement of at least 60% average from their previous school.

House system

students engaging in sporting activities at the school field Bishop Crowther Seminary.jpg
students engaging in sporting activities at the school field

Bishop Crowther Seminary is organized into a house system for sporting and extracurricular activities. Each student is assigned to one of 11 houses, each having its own patrons.

Current houses include:

Official nameInformal namePatron(s)
Emendu HousePurple HouseVen. Dr. Nnamdi Emendu
Kamto Obi HouseLemon HouseVen. Dr. Kamto Obi
Joel Akunazobi HousePink HouseVen. Joel Akunazobi
Chinedu Onyenekwe HouseYellow HouseProf. Chinedu Onyenekwe
Prince Oduche HouseSky Blue HouseSir Prince Oduche
Etiaba HouseBlue HouseBar. Echezona Etiaba
Uche Okeke HouseOrange HouseBar. Uche Okeke
Arinze Nnabugwu HouseRed HouseMr. Arinze Nnabugwu
Chidi Enukora HouseWhite HouseRev. A.S.P. Chidi Enukora
Echendu HouseGreen HouseArch. Benjamin Echendu
Basil Orji HouseCream HouseRev. Canon and Mrs Basil Orji

List of BCS Principals

Notable past students

Related Research Articles

Gymnasium (school) Type of school providing advanced secondary education in Europe

Gymnasium is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the British English terms grammar school and sixth form college, and to US English preparatory high school. Before the 20th century, the gymnasium system was a widespread feature of educational systems throughout many European countries.

The Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination. This qualifies a student for admission to higher education Preparatory, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programmes. Colloquially, gymnasium refers to what is formally called STX.

Samuel Ajayi Crowther Anglican bishop in Nigeria

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, was a Yoruba linguist, Sierra Leonean-Nigerian clergyman, and the celebrated first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun, he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old.

Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girl's 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.

The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (O-level) examination is a national examination held annually in Singapore. The examinations are jointly conducted by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) as well as the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB).

Education in Nigeria Education

Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education. The local authorities which takes responsibility for implementing state controlled policy regarding public education and state schools. The education system is divided into Kindergarten, Primary education, Secondary education, and Tertiary education. Nigeria's federal government has been dominated by instability since declaring independence from Britain, and as a result, a unified set of education policies is yet to be successfully implemented. Regional differences in quality, curriculum, and funding characterize the education system in Nigeria. Currently, Nigeria possesses the largest population of out-of-school learning youths in the world. Education system in the South is different from the North. Most northerners have memorised the Holy Qur'an and use that as their education.

Education in Jamaica is primarily modeled on the British education system.

Education in Somalia Overview of education in Somalia

Education in Somalia refers to the academic system within Somalia. The Ministry of Education is officially responsible for education in Somalia, with about 15% of the nation's budget allocated to scholastic instruction. The breakaway republic of Somaliland maintain its own advanced Ministry of Education.

Diocese On the Niger is the mother diocese of the Church of Nigeria. It is one of 10 Anglican dioceses in the Anglican Province of the Niger within the Church of Nigeria. The diocese was created in 1864 as the Diocese of Western Equatorial Africa. In 1920 the Diocese of Equatorial West Africa was divided into two: an eastern part and a western part. A part of the Diocese on the Niger was subsequently carved out in 1946 to create the Niger Delta Diocese.

Kaduna State University is in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was established in 2004. It has seven faculties with over 39 departments and a library that contains over 17,000 volumes of books. It has two campuses: Kafanchan and Kaduna.

The education system in Lahore is formulated along specific modern, religious, cultural, social, psychological, commerce and scientific injunctions. Lahore is Pakistan’s largest producer of professionals in the fields of science, technology, IT, engineering, medicine, nuclear sciences, pharmacology, telecommunication, biotechnology and microelectronics. Most of the reputable universities are public, but in recent years there has also been an upsurge in the number of private universities. The current literacy rate of Lahore is 64%. The standard national system of education is mainly inspired from the British system. The system also aims to imbibe a secular outlook among the students with the awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. Lahore has a wide range of schools, colleges and universities that caters to diverse streams.

V.S. Niketan Higher Secondary School School in Kathmandu, Nepal

V.S. Niketan Higher Secondary School is located in Minbhawan Kathmandu, Nepal and schools above 40000 students. V.S. Education Foundation is the outcome of the expansion of an education system aiming to coordinate all the educational activities of the institution so that the entity established at V.S. Niketan is uniformly maintained in all levels of teaching and learning under the same roof. The institution function form Pre-Primary to Bachelor's Levels of education. It has been awarded the "Best School of Nepal" for two times, recently.

Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School Kayyunni (SHMHSS) is a matriculation institution in the town of Kayyunni, Gudalur, Nilgiris - Tamil Nadu. The School is a christian missionary educational institution ran by Fathima Matha Trust along with Niligiri Educational Trust.

The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is the main examination to qualify students for admission into secondary and vocational schools in Ghana, and Nigeria. It is written after three years of junior high school education. It is administered by the Ghana Education Service under the Ministry of Education. In Nigeria, it is administered by the state ministry of education in each state under the supervision of the National Examinations Council (NECO). NECO directly organizes examinations for Unity Schools, Armed Forces Secondary Schools and other Federal Government schools. Candidates in the third year of junior high schools approved by the Ghana Education Service are eligible for the examination. It is conducted annually in June (Ghana), May/June (Nigeria).

National Examination Council (Nigeria)

The National Examination Council is an examination body in Nigeria that conducts the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the General Certificate in Education in June/July and November/December respectively.

Joy Chinwe Eyisi

Joy Chinwe Eyisi is an Igbo Nigerian professor, author, scholar, educationalist, and philanthropist. Between 2006 and 2011, she was Head of Department, English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (NAU), Awka, Anambra State. She is now Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), a position she assumed on 26 October 2017. Eyisi, who was hitherto the Centre Director of NOUN’s Study Centre in the National Assembly in Abuja, emerged winner of the election held by the University Senate on 25 October 2017. She succeeds Professor Patrick Eya as the University's first female Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).

Ridge Church School Preparatory day school located in Accra, Ghana

The Ridge Church School is an independent and parochial co-educational preparatory day school in Accra, Ghana. Situated between the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue and Guinea Bissau Road and opposite the Efua Sutherland Children's Park, it was founded by the Accra Ridge Church in 1957, the year of Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom. The Ridge Church School is located on the premises of the church. It was the first wholly private basic school to be established in modern Ghana. The Accra Ridge Church was the first international solely English-language Protestant church in Ghana. The school is inter-denominational Christian, holding ties to the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, that assign chaplains to both the church and school. The school runs a ten–year programme from kindergarten to lower primary through upper primary to junior high and culminating in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The school largely follows the prescribed curriculum and syllabus of the Ghana Education Service (GES).

St. James Seminary Senior High School Seminary, public secondary/high school in Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

St. James Seminary is a senior high school in Sunyani, the capital of the Bono region of Ghana, founded in 1978 by Most Rev. James Kwadwo Owusu, the late bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sunyani. It is not just a Senior High School, but also a Catholic Minor Seminary which offers a wide range of opportunities for both seminarians and non-Seminarians to make them not only aware of their potentials, but to fulfill them. The school emphasizes moral, spiritual and positive character formation in addition to striving to achieve academic excellence. St. James has been adjudged the best senior high school in Ghana over the past decade having featured consecutively in the list of top ten performing schools in the West African Examinations Council’s Senior School Certificate Exams (WASSCE) over the period. It topped the WASSCE in 2006, 2009 and 2011 and produced the overall best and third best candidates in West Africa in the 2016 exam.

Government Secondary School, Owerri Public secondary school in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Government Secondary School, Owerri is a public boys' English medium secondary school in the Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria. The school is considered a model secondary school in the city of Owerri, and due to this, sit for additional entrance examination after the general state organized secondary school entrance examination. Some of its notable students are Akala J, TBob, Cheemah, Beenieman, Fifi Onyenna, NG, Belleface, Lord Massacre, Mbo-Mbo, Nnaemeka Anyanwu

Valerian Okeke Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese

Valerian Maduka Okeke is a Nigerian prelate who serves as the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province. He was born in Umudioka, Anambra State and ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1981 by cardinal Francis Arinze, who was then the Archbishop of Onitsha. After his ordination, he worked as a parish vicar at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, under Emmanuel Otteh.Valerian Okeke later served as parish priest of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows' Parish, Umuoji.

References

  1. 1 2 Retrieved on July 11, 2016
  2. "Retrieved on July 11, 2016". Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.