The Vivian Fowler Memorial College For Girls is an all-girls Independent college founded in 1991 by Chief Mrs. Leila Fowler in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It is located in the

Ikeja Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercia ...

suburb of the city of

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

History

Originally located in

Surulere Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...

, the school was established on January 8, 1991, by

Chief Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

Mrs. Leila Fowler. The school was named after her daughter who had died. The school opened at 17, Bola Shadipe St,

Lagos, later moving to No 4, Adedamole Ojomo Close, off Bode Thomas street, Surulere Lagos. The school then relocated to its permanent site in January 2000, This site is located at Plot 5, Balogun Street, Billingsway Oregun, Ikeja Lagos.

School

Academic education in the college takes six years and is made up of three years in Junior Secondary School followed by three years in Senior Secondary School.Vivian Fowler Memorial College For Girls - School Programmes / Other Facilities
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English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

Yoruba language Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami script, Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern Middle Belt, and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the Ethnic group, ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speake ...

, and Igbo language. Senior Secondary School focuses preparation on three main examinations: the

West African Senior School Certificate Examination The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a type of standardized test in West Africa. Students who pass the exam receive a certificate confirming their graduation from secondary education. It is administered by the West A ...

(WASSCE), and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). Additionally students are prepared for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the SAT Reasoning Test (SAT).

References

External links

Vivian Fowler Memorial College Official SiteVivian Fowler Parent Teacher Association website
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