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1. gcu.sch.ngGovernment College Umuahia

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   GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UMUAHIA (GCU) Welcome to GCU. GCU is a world-class institution providing a global secondary school education for boys.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Government_College_UmuahiaGovernment College Umuahia - Wikipedia

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   Government College Umuahia, or GCU, is an independent secondary school for boys located on Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road in Umuahia, Nigeria. Twenty years after the establishment of Kings College, the first government-owned high school, by the British colonial government, three similar public schools were founded in 1929.

3. gcuobauk.org › about-gcuAbout GCU - GCUOBA UK

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   The Government College Umuahia was founded by Reverend Robert Fisher on January 29, 1929 when he opened the gates of the school to 25 students drawn from all parts of Nigeria and West Africa, but with catchment in Eastern Nigeria, and the Southern Cameroons.

4. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsTHERE WAS A COLLEGE: INTRODUCING THE UMUAHIAN: A GOLDEN ...

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   Apr 24, 2015 · Government College, Umuahia, as we all know, was founded in 1929 by the colonial government not for the children of colonial administrators but for any child in Nigeria or the Cameroons who could pass its entrance examination.

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5. gcu.sch.ng › heritageHeritage – GCU

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   Government College Umuahia (GCU) was founded from a great need for quality education and sustained by acts of conviction and faith, the first of which was demonstrated by its founder, Rev. Robert Fisher – who envisioned building a great school and leaving a lasting legacy in Nigeria.

6. thefishertrust.org › gcu › historyHistory – The Fisher Trust

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   The Government College Umuahia was founded by Reverend Robert Fisher on January 29, 1929 when he opened the gates of the school to 25 students drawn from all parts of Nigeria and West Africa, but with catchment in Eastern Nigeria, and the Southern Cameroons.

7. www.cambridge.org › core › servicesTHERE WAS A COLLEGE: INTRODUCING THE UMUAHIAN: A GOLDEN ...

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   Government College, Umuahia, one of Nigeria’s three leading colonial secondary schools, is known among literary critics around the world for being the alma mater of eight important Nigerian writers: Chinua Achebe, Chike Momah, Elechi Amadi, Chukwuemeka Ike, Christopher Okigbo, Gabriel Okara, Ken Saro-Wiwa and I. N. C. Aniebo.

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   Where is Government College Umuahia located?

   • Government College Umuahia, or GCU, is an independent secondary school for boys located on Umuahia- Ikot Ekpene road in Umuahia, Nigeria. Twenty years after the establishment of Kings College, the first government-owned high school, by the British colonial government, three similar public schools were founded in 1929.

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   Who founded Government College Umuahia?

   • Government College, Umuahia, as we all know, was founded in 1929 by the colonial government not for the children of colonial administrators but for any child in Nigeria or the Cameroons who could pass its entrance examination.

   THERE WAS A COLLEGE: INTRODUCING THE UMUAHIAN: A GOLDEN JU…

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   Who owns Umuahia Government College?

   • In early 2014, Dr Okey Enemalah (class of 1974) persuaded the Abia State Government to hand over the Umuahia Government College to the Old Boys’ Association. A memorandum of understanding was signed in April 2014, and a trust deed in December that year handed the school over to the newly instituted Fisher Educational Development Trust.

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   What influenced the establishment of Government College Umuahia?

   • The establishment of Government College, Umuahia was influenced by two crucial developments in colonial educational policy. The first event was the 1922 report on education in Africa by the Phelps-Stokes Commission, which proposed a paternalistic model of education with an emphasis on moral instruction and vocational training.

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