International School Ibadan

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| state = Oyo State

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The International School Ibadan (ISI) is located on the Campus of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's oldest university.

History

The school was founded by German-British educator Kurt Hahn{{cite web|url=http://www.mi-knoll.de/117401.html|title=School Reform Through "Experiental Therapy": Kurt Hahn – An Efficacious Educator|author= Dr. Michael Knoll|year=2001|access-date=13 July 2014}} on 13 October 1963{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-tnqAAAAMAAJ&q=international+school+ibadan|title=The College Blue Book, Volume 7|author1=Huber William Hurt|author2=Harriett-Jeanne Hurt|author3=Christian E. Burckel|publisher=Macmillan Information|year=1969|work=Indiana University|page=282}} with funding received from the USAID, Ford Foundation and donation of land by the Nigerian Western Regional government.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRYFAAAAMAAJ|pages=21, 26, 120|title=Diploma: international schools and university entrance|year=1968|author=Martin Mayer |publisher=Twentieth Century Fund (The University of Michigan)|isbn=978-0-527-02828-2}} Most of the pioneer teaching staff were British expatriate educators from Gordonstoun in Scotland. The school is a co-educational boarding and day School admitting pupils aged 10 to 16. It was primarily established{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA201|title=Dictionary of African Biography, Volumes 1-6|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2= Henry Louis Gates|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|year=2012|

isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|page=201}}{{cite web|url=https://feathersproject.wordpress.com/tag/international-school-ibadanisi/|title=Dr. Patricia Oyelola: A Grand Teacher|website=Feathers Project|access-date=7 September 2014}} for children of expatriates living and working in Nigeria. It opened its doors to children of expatriates of diverse nationalities, and highly placed Nigerians.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_8MAQAAIAAJ&q=international+school+ibadan|title=The Nigerian Education System: Past, Present, and Future|work=Nelson teacher education|author=Cornelius Olaleye Taiwo|publisher=Thomas Nelson (Nigeria)|year=1980|isbn=978-978-126-072-8|page=141}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njV8uJDllmEC&dq=international+school+ibadan&pg=PA20|title= International Exchange|series=International information and cultural series|author=United States. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs|publisher=Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State|work=University of Minnesota|page=20}} The first Principal was David S. Snell (1963–1965),{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201963%20%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201963%20%20Grayscale%20-%201961.pdf|title=SUBURBAN SCHOOLS|website=Fulton History|publisher=Herald Statesman, Yonkers|date=4 March 1963|page=22|access-date=28 November 2014|location=New York}} followed by John Gillespie{{cite journal|url=http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/alumni/newsletter/9westroad3.pdf|title=9 West Road: A Literary Odyssey — From Cambridge to Kabul (and beyond)|publisher=Faculty of English, University of Cambridge|year=2003|access-date=27 November 2014|page=3|volume=3}}(1965–1968). The longest-serving principal was Anglican clergyman Archdeacon J.A. Iluyomade (1969–1985).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGAMAQAAMAAJ&q=iluyomade+international+school+ibadan|title=The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Volume 13|author=Boston University African Studies Center|publisher=Africana Publishing Company|year= 1980|page=669}}{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7G0AAAAIAAJ&q=iluyomade+international+school+ibadan|page=276|title=Nigeria Union of Teachers: An Official History|author=Raymond J. Smyke|author2=Denis C. Storer|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1974}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYEzAAAAIAAJ|title=A Workshop on the New National Policy on Education|publisher=Nigerian National Council for Adult Education. Ibadan Branch|year=1977|work=the University of California|page=181}}

He was also the first indigenous head of the school. After him was Dapo Ajayi (1986–1988),{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDG3AAAAIAAJ&q=at+international+school+ibadan|page=143|title=Ajayi heads International School|work=Management in Nigeria|volume=24|publisher=Nigerian Institute of Management|year=1988}} then Dapo Fajembola (1990 –1991). Thereafter came the first female principal, Esther Adetola Smith (1991–2004). After her was R.O. Akintilebo (2006–2007), M.B Malik (2007–2017), Phebean O. Olowe (2017–2022), Akintunde Yinka (since 2022)

ISI runs social and extra-curricular activities such as the biannual international soiree, an evening where all the nationalities represented among staff and students display the food, clothing and other material aspects of culture for sale to raise money for the less-privileged, and the Charity walk.

Academically, it originally followed the British system of five years to preparation for Ordinary Level (General Certificate of Education) and West African School Certificate Examinations, with another two years in the sixth form to prepare for Advanced level (General Certificate of Education) and Higher School Certificate examinations. As a result of the introduction of the 6-3-3-4 Nigerian educational system introduced in the late eighties, it runs the mandatory six years of secondary school education, in addition to preparing students for international exams like the annual IGCSE 'O' Levels and Cambridge 'A' level exams. For many years, it has offered preparation for the International Baccalaureate.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTUjMNjNo3EC&q=International+School+Ibadan&pg=PA27|title=Schools Across Frontiers: The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges|publisher=Open Court Publishing|author1=Alexander Duncan|author2=Campell Peterson|page=27|year=2003|isbn=978-0-8126-9505-2|access-date=2 March 2015}}

Although it now follows the 6-3-3-4 system of Nigerian education, many of the students continue to prepare for international examinations. M.B. Malik worked assiduously s principal towards the resuscitation of the Cambridge 'A' Level programme in September 2011, which continues.

The School celebrated its golden jubilee in October 2013.

Alumni

ISI has produced notable alumni including

Bamidele Abiodun, (First Lady of Ogun State)
Oluwatoyin Asojo (American scientist)
Bolanle Austen-Peters (Nigerian businesswoman)
Wendy Beetlestone (US District Judge)
Femi Emiola (American actress)
Akin Fayomi, (Nigerian diplomat)
Toby Foyeh (British musician)
Efa Iwara, (Nigerian actor)
Funmi Iyanda (Nigerian television personality)
Omobola Johnson (Nigerian former Communications Minister)
Karen King-Aribisala, (Novelist and Associate Professor of English at University of Lagos)
Tolu Ogunlesi, (Nigerian journalist)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Director General of the World Trade Organization and former Nigerian Finance Minister)
Ifedayo Olarinde (Freeze of Cool FM, multi-award winning OAP)
Yewande Olubummo, (American Mathematics Professor)
Olayinka Omigbodun (Nigerian physician and academic)
Dolapo Osinbajo (Second Lady of Nigeria)
Sasha P; (Nigerian rapper and Olympic torch bearer)
Helen Prest-Ajayi (Miss Nigeria 1979)
Joshua Uzoigwe (Nigerian musicologist)