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Grundtvig International Secondary School is a Nigerian 
Grundtvig Int'l Secondary School official website
*{{Cite web , last = C.don Adinuba , title = Grundtvig Clocks Eight With Impressive Record , work = Africa News Service, via HighBeam Business , accessdate = 2014-12-16 , date = 2006-03-29 , url = http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-143824902/grundtvig-clocks-eight-impressive-record , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141216104600/http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-143824902/grundtvig-clocks-eight-impressive-record , url-status = dead , archive-date = 2014-12-16 International schools in Nigeria N. F. S. Grundtvig
independent
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boarding school
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in Oba, Anambra
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It was formerly the headquarters of the Idemili South Local Government Area in Anambra State and lies approximately 7 kilometers south of Onitsha along the old Owerri-Onitsha Trunk A Road.
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State, located just about twenty minutes’ drive from the Asaba Airport. It is named after Danish
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philosopher N. F. S. Grundtvig
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (; 8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most influential pe ...
and is built upon his folk high school
Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...
education-for-life principles for education. It educates boys and girls 12 to 18 years old and was founded in 1998 by Dr. Kachi E. Ozumba (1942–2011).The school has repeatedly featured among the top ten performing schools in Nigeria based on its West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results, and was ranked fifth in Nigeria in 2014. In 2020, the School won the Presidential Award as the Overall Best Private Secondary School in Nigeria in the President's Teachers' and Schools Excellence Awards (PTSEA). The award, which came with a brand new bus, was presented to the School at Abuja on 5 October 2020 as highlight of the events marking the World Teachers’ Day
Overview
The Board of Trustees of the Grundtvig Movement oversees the operations of the School through the school principal.References
External links
Grundtvig Int'l Secondary School official website
*{{Cite web , last = C.don Adinuba , title = Grundtvig Clocks Eight With Impressive Record , work = Africa News Service, via HighBeam Business , accessdate = 2014-12-16 , date = 2006-03-29 , url = http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-143824902/grundtvig-clocks-eight-impressive-record , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141216104600/http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-143824902/grundtvig-clocks-eight-impressive-record , url-status = dead , archive-date = 2014-12-16 International schools in Nigeria N. F. S. Grundtvig