Lagos Baptist Academy

Last updated

Lagos Baptist Academy
Address
Lagos Baptist Academy
Ikorodu Road

Obanikoro

Lagos

Nigeria
Coordinates 6°32′47″N3°22′13″E / 6.546306°N 3.370361°E / 6.546306; 3.370361
Information
Other nameLBA
Motto Latin: Deo duce
(With God as leader)
Denomination Baptist
Founded1855 (1855)
Years offeredJSS 1–3
SSS 1–3
SloganUp Baptacads
Affiliation Nigerian Baptist Convention
Website http://www.lagosbaptistacademy.com.ng/

Lagos Baptist Academy is a Baptist secondary school located in Obanikoro, Lagos, Nigeria. The school is regarded as a sister school to Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls' Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos and Baptist Girls' Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos. It is affiliated with the Nigerian Baptist Convention.

Contents

History

The school was established in 1855 by the American Baptist Missionaries and can be traced to the establishment of First Baptist Church Mission in Lagos by an African-American missionary. [1] [2]

The mission was given a parcel of land by Oba Dosunmu and structures were soon built on the land. Educational activities started after the completion of the buildings and the expansion of missionary activities led to a gradual growth in the school's population. By 1886, the school had about 129 boys and 95 girls in the primary section and about 14 boys and 3 girls in the secondary section. Prior to 1926, American pastors of the Baptist Mission acted as principals for the school but in January 1926, Eyo Ita and E.E. Esua joined the staff and in August of the year, Ita became the headmaster. [3]

The initial venue of the school was on Broad Street, Lagos and later moved to a new location along the Ikorodu Road, Lagos. The Primary School section remained at that location but was renamed.

Rather than close the Primary School on Broad Street, Lagos; only the secondary school moved to Ikorodu Road in Obanikoro. The Primary school remained at Broad Street and was renamed W.J David [4] (William Joshua David) Memorial Baptist Primary School after one of the American baptist missionaries that started the baptist Mission in Nigeria. The Primary school remained at the Broad Street location until the late nineteen eighties when its building was pulled down in anticipation of expanding the First Baptist Church (adjacent to the school) to include a high-rise business building. All the students at W.J David were transferred to other Baptist primary schools in the area.

School motto

Deo duce which means God is my leader.

School slogan

Up Baptacads [5]

Baptacads Mobilization Song

We are Baptist Academy boys and We're proud of our dear Alma Mater Where sweet fellowship we all enjoy Where the spirit of Christ is taught Where our captain, God, lead us along We"ll be true to our Alma Mater always.

Up school Up Baptacads

List of principals

Some of the principals of the school include

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allen Timilehin Olathunde. Missions in the Dark Soil: Life and Work of Thomas Jefferson Bowen in Africa. aiconcept. p. 33. ISBN   9789785238761.
  2. ↑ Lynch, Hollis R. (3 May 2012). K. O. Mbadiwe: A Nigerian Political Biography, 1915–1990. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 18. ISBN   9781137002624.
  3. ↑ Increase Coker (1955). "Our Secondary Schools, 'Baptist Academy'". Daily Times of Nigeria . p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2022– via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Home – Baptacad – Giving your child a headstart in English and Mathematics". baptacad.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.