St. Paul Pry School,Aroloya Actually Exists, Now St Paul's Anglican Pry School.

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St. Paul Pry School,Aroloya Actually Exists, Now St Paul's Anglican Pry School.

This thread is to inform those genuinely seeking education to curb ignorance and to expose those who misinform their naive followers.

By extension, it is to avert another attempt to waste precious time on useless allegations that add no value to our democratic exercise.

Does St Paul (Anglican) School Lagos Island exist?

Yes.

The school exists.

Firstly, here is the school listed among approved primary schools in Lagos by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

Secondly, there is and has always been only one St. Paul's Primary School owned by St Paul's Anglican church on Lagos Island from 1852 till today.No other St. Paul Primary school, Lagos Island, exists.

For those not familiar with the nomenclature of this kind of missionary schools in Lagos, let me enlighten you. I attended one , St Paul ( Anglican) Primary School is just like St. Paul (Catholic) Primary School, Ebute Meta (West) founded in 1902.

In Lagos, we call these schools by their name St. Paul Primary School, Aroloya, St. Paul Primary School, Ebute-Meta.

We hardly indicate Anglican or Catholic but use their location to distinguish them. Same as St. John Aroloya, St John Palmgrove etc. Similar nomenclature exists for missionary primary schools like Eleja Primary School, Mushin, Eleja Primary School, Ebute meta etc.

The differentiation by parent church is hardly emphasised even in official use so St. Paul Primary School, Aroloya is the same as St. Paul (Anglican) Primary school, Lagos Island which today is known as ST. Paul ANG. PRY SCHOOL, located on Davies st, Breadfruit, Lagos Island, Lagos.

History of the school?

First, read the official history of St. John's Nur/ Primary school from its page on the website for approved schools in Lagos.

St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos History

The school was founded in 1864 under a small shed. In 1870, the shed gave way to a T shape building .

On 13th May 1953 the Tshape building gave way for two-storey building and was completed on 28th seot 1954 and commissioned by Hon. Ike Nwachukwu the then Fed.Minister for education.

On the 11th Oct. 1954 the staff and pupils moved to occupy the new building. The School Motto is "NO CROSS NO CROWN " . Many Bishops of Lagos State were the product of the school.

Now read the history of St Paul Primary School, Lagos Island.

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL History

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL BREADFRUIT, LAGOS WAS FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1852 BY THE ANGLICAN MISSION AND WAS NAMED AFTER ST PAUL'S CHURCH.

THE SCHOOL IS SITUATED AT No 10 DAVIES STREET BREADFRUIT LAGOS. THE EARLY HEADMASTERS OF THE SCHOOL WERE MESSRS JAMES T. WHITE, CHARLES PHILLIPS, WHILE THOSE OF LATER YEARS WERE MRS R. O ADEDOTUN AND MRS J.O AWOBAJO, THE INCUBENT HEADTEACHER OF THE SCHOOL IS MRS G.A LAWAL

THE SCHOOL HAS TWENTY-SIX CLASSROOMS OF 4 BLOCKS, WHILE THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 500 PUPILS FROM NURSERY ONE TO PRIMARY SIX. IN THE PAST YEARS

THE SCHOOL HAS WON MANY COMPETITION RANGING FROM SCIENCE TO ACADEMICS AND SPORTS. PRESENTLY THE SCHOOL IS UNDERGOING SERIES OF RENOVATION DUE TO HER OLD AGE.

What can you notice from the history of these two anglican schools on Lagos Island?

These schools have gone through different phases.

When a pupil named Ahmed Bola Adekunle Tinubu had attended either St. John's Anglican Primary School , Aroloya ( now ST. JOHNS ANG. NUR/PRY SCHOOL, Aroloya) or St Paul's Anglican Primary School , Aroloya from 1958 to 1964, such pupil will still be in the category not recognised in the official foundation year of the school stated on its official emblem/ badge shown below.

That a school that started in 1852 like St. Paul's School, Lagos Island, (or St. John's school that begain in a shed 12 years later ) was officially recognised as founded in 1970 does not mean a pupil who attended it from 1958 to 1964 did not attend the school. It means an Asiwaju Tinubu will be a pupil there before the official recognition of the school as St. Paul Anglican Primary School, Lagos Island or St. John's Anglican Primary School, Lagos Island.

Conclusion

ST. PAUL PRY SCHOOL, Aroloya, Lagos Island actually exists, it is same school as ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN PRIMARY SCH, Breadfruit., Lagos Island.