Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girls' 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.[1]
Nigeria has a 6-3-3-4 system of education. Queen's College takes the secondary pupils in the middle two phases. There are six year groups, or grades; each year group contains about 600 students divided into several arms. Recently, class sizes are an average of 55 per class. The total population for the 2022/2023 session was 3505 students.
The school has returned the best results nationwide in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) seven times since 1985 and is widely considered to be one of the top schools in Nigeria, and one of the top girls' schools on the African continent.[2][3] The Queen's College motto is "Pass On The Torch".[4]
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- ^ "Top 27 Best Secondary Schools in Lagos State in 2020". Edusko Blog.
- ^ Queens College Lagos Alumni, USA. "Queens College Lagos". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Queens College, Lagos | About us".
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