Auntie Maria School

Auntie Maria School
Address
10, First Avenue, Garrick Residential Estate, Siluko Road
Benin City, Edo State, South South
Nigeria
Coordinates 6°21′02″N 5°36′04″E / 6.350432°N 5.601233°E / 6.350432; 5.601233Coordinates: 6°21′02″N 5°36′04″E / 6.350432°N 5.601233°E / 6.350432; 5.601233
Information
Type Private Nursery, Primary & Secondary School
Motto Building of Knowledge and Character
Established 1974
Founder Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde[1]
Teaching staff over 50
Mixed Mixed
Enrollment over 500
Colour(s) Green and Pink
Accreditation Ministry of Education, Nigeria
Newspaper Auntie Maria
Yearbook Auntie Maria
Website www.auntiemaria.sch.ng

Auntie Maria School (AMS) is located in Benin City, Nigeria[2] and comprises Auntie Maria Nursery School (Toddler 1 - KG 2);[3] Auntie Maria Primary School (Basics 1 - 5); and Auntie Maria College (JSS 1 - 3 & SSS1 - 3). The institution was founded in 1974 by Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde who was honoured by Pope John Paul II with a Benemerenti medal in 1993.[4]

Bibliography

  • Osunde, A. M., The Teacher My Memoirs, Benin, 2005.

References

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