Methodist Education in Sagamu, Nigeria: A History (1946-2012)
Authors:
ADESEGUN Abiodun
Publication Type: Journal article
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Abstract
The Methodist educational system is a “faith-based non-profit faith based
endeavor committed to renewal of life and transformation of society†(Ajayi,
1976). It is an educational system that projects a rare kind of arrangement in
the history of Sagamu in Nigeria, West Africa. This co-educational system in
West Africa is synonymous with the coming of the Methodists Missionary
Enterprise into Sagamu, Remo Division around mid 20th Century, under the
Colony of Lagos in Nigeria. It manifested in the founding of Remo Secondary
School which was a joint enterprise between the Orthodox Methodist
Movement and a community of Muslims in Sagamu, Ogun State Nigeria. This
paper examines the historical foundation of the first Secondary school in
Sagamu and by implication the whole of Remo division of Ogun state in
southwestern Nigeria as well as it prospects and challenges.