SunRise Academy

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SunRise Academy
Motto"Building A future"
Type Private
Established2005
Location
Isolo
,
Lagos State
,
Nigeria
Website www.thesunriseacademy.com

SunRise Sixth Form College is a private owned school in Lagos Nigeria, a co-educational sixth form college in Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria for academically able students. It provides full-time Cambridge AS and A-level courses for approximately 100 students (mostly between the ages of 16 and 22) from the surrounding area and every part of the country.

SunRise Academy's reputation for academic success came in the year 2006 when 3 out of its 7 candidates had AAA. Ever since then students studying at the sixth form college have achieved the highest pass rate.

History

SunRise Sixth Form College, was founded to assist Nigerian Students willing to further their education in Nigerian Universities or abroad. The college is affiliated to many foreign universities, colleges / sixth form colleges, is a co-educational A level college accepting up to 100 students each year. The college is situated in Lagos, Nigeria. Presently, there are over 100 students in various universities abroad who graduated from this school. The school was founded by Soneye Philip.

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