Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde (1928–2008) was a Nigerian educator who founded

Auntie Maria School Auntie Maria School (AMS) is located in Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano (city), Kano, and Ibadan, ...

. She was honoured by Pope John Paul II with a Benemerenti medal in 1993, and has also received an award of excellence from the President’s Inter-state Secondary School Debate, Nigeria,

Edo state Edo, commonly known as Edo State, is a state located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As of 2006 National population census, the state was ranked as the 24th populated state (3,233,366) in Nigeria, However there was controversy ...

chapter.

Published works

''The Teacher My Memoirs,'' Benin, 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osunde, Dame Maria Amieriye 1928 births 2008 deaths Nigerian educators Nigerian women educators Recipients of the Benemerenti medal