Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary

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| name = Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS)

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| location = Agunfoye Lugbusi village

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| city = Ikorodu

| state = Lagos

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| religion = Church of Nigeria

| denomination = Anglican

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| founder = The Most Rev. Dr.Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye

| principal = The Ven. Dr. Bamidele Osunyomi

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| national_ranking = Top 50

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| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 10

| upper_age = 18

| houses = Archbishop Abiodun Adetiloye, Bishop Adelakun Howells, Rev.Thomas Babington Macaulay, Rev. Paley

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| song = With God our strength

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| motto = To God Is Wisdom and Knowledge

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Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary is a private co-educational school in Agunfoye-Lugbusi Village, Ikorodu, Lagos Nigeria. It is jointly owned by three Anglican dioceses in the Lagos Province – Lagos, Lagos West and Lagos Mainland, Church of Nigeria.

In 2003, it participated in a science competition against some other secondary schools in Nigeria, including Redeemer's International School, Effortswill High School, Supreme Education Centre, Caleb International School, Atlantic Hall and Grace High School.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/03/26/20030326edu07.html|title=Lagos Private Schools Go Scientific|last=Olajide|first=Olaleye|date=26 March 2003|work=Thisday|access-date=2009-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026170857/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/03/26/20030326edu07.html|archive-date=26 October 2009|url-status=dead}}

The master plan for the school's campus was developed by A. T. Onajide Architects of Lagos.{{cite web|url=http://www.atoarch.com/main/portfolio/education/babington.htm|title=Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary|work=A. T. Onajide Architects|access-date=2009-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026094140/http://www.atoarch.com/main/portfolio/education/babington.htm|archive-date=26 October 2009|url-status=dead}}

BMJS's first principal was the then Ven. Akin Odejide, ably supported by Ven. Tunde Oduwole and host of senior tutors; Mr Itiolu, Mr Arabambi, Mrs Mofoluke Adebiyi, Mr Alagbala, Mr Jolayemi, Mr Babarinsa, Mrs Oki, Ms Akinrenmi and so on. The current principal of the school is The Venerable Dr. Bamidele Osunyomi Adesina (8 August 2018 – present). The school was awarded the best private school in Ikorodu in 2019.

Principals

  • The Rt.Revd Dr.Joseph Akinyemi Odejide (1996–2005)
  • The Ven. OlaOluwa Adeyemi (2005–2017)
  • The Ven. Tunde Oduwole (2017–2018)
  • The Ven.Dr. Bamidele Osunyomi. (2018–present)

BRESCAG competition

BRESCAG is an abbreviation for the pioneer schools that participated in the competition ~ Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Redeemers International Secondary School, Efforts will School, Solid Foundation School, Caleb International, Atlantic Hall and Grace High School respectively. The competition started in 1998 and has held every year since then at different venues allowing students to find what they excel in, both educationally and in sports. Competition include sports, athletics, science competitions, arts and debate.

See also

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