Michael Tansi Memorial Secondary School is a
mission school
A mission school or missionary school is a religious school originally developed and run by Christian missionaries. The mission school was commonly used in the colonial era for the purposes of Westernization of local people. These may be day s ...
, owned specifically by the
Onitsha
Onitsha ( or simply ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the we ...
Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Mission, and is situated in
Aguleri
Aguleri is a medium-sized town situated in the Anambra Valley in southeastern Nigeria, a country on the west coast of Africa. It is the largest town in the Anambra East local government area of Anambra State. It is the town of the newly establi ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. The school derives its name from the deceased Blessed
Cyprian Iwene Tansi
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi , OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian priest of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and later became a Trappist monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in E ...
, who hails from Aguleri and doubles as the school's patron saint.
Academic achievements
The school has been ranked as the best school in the region and has featured and excelled in both internal and external competitions. It won the Archbishop Valerian Okeke Science Competition for Aguleri Region with excellent performances in both the Senior and Junior Categories.
Facilities
The school has the following facilities;
* A well–stocked library
* computer laboratory
* Science laboratories
* Classrooms
* School bus
* Sporting equipment and facilities
Motto
The school's motto is ''Knowledge And Fear Of God''.
Statistics
The school has nearly 700 students and admits nearly a hundred students per term.
References
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Education in Anambra State
Roman Catholic secondary schools in Nigeria