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  • Comment: See WP:COI and WP:NSCHOOL. Sources need to verify statements. For example, many of the sources in the notable alumni section simply make passing mentions of the school, or don't even mention it at all. See WP:REFBOMB. And then the beginning section is entirely unsourced. Greenman (talk) 08:15, 1 April 2025 (UTC)


According to the official website of the School, [1]"The Baptist High School, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria is a Christian co-educational secondary school which is located close to Naraguta village on the road between Jos and Bauchi. It is opposite the Naraguta Hostel of the University of Jos The school was founded by the Nigerian Baptist Convention in 1961. It is a Christian mission-minded school with good spiritual, academic, aesthetic [2] and moral standards. The motto of the school is Light and Life and the golden Bible text is Psalm 133 verse 1. [3]

Beginnings

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The Baptist High School, Jos started, on 14th February 1961, as Baptist Boys’ High School in an old miner’s camp about four miles to the north side of Jos near a village called Naraguta. Mr. William Austin and Mrs Audrey Cowley came to Nigeria as missionaries of the American Southern Baptist Convention in 1955 and started work at the Baptist Academy, Lagos. The couple later moved to Jos in 1961 to establish a Baptist Boys High School. "They built, taught, administrated in and nurtured the Baptist High School in Jos, Nigeria." [4] [5] [6] [7] The school started with four (4) main staff members namely Mr. Williams Austin Cowley (Principal), Mr. S. S. Ayanda (Food Master), Mr. E. A. Areo (House Master) and the Principal's wife, Mrs. Audrey Cowley who assisted as secretary and organist. There were thirty (30) pioneering students; all boys. Some of the pioneering students were Timothy Olagbemiro, [8] Amos Olaleye, Segun Olawoyin, Oyeniyi.[9] The school moved to its present site, about 4 miles along the Jos-Bauchi Road in 1962. The first dormitory, which was named Naraguta (Blue) House was ready for occupation in November 1963 and was officially opened by Honorable Mr. S. S. Ajayi, the then Regional Minister of Education. [10] Two additional dormitories have since been constructed and put into use and are named as: Whirley (Red) House and Agboola (Yellow) House. The school became a co-educational institution in January 1968 with the admission of six girls:

Prominent Alumni

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Some of the former students who are notable because of their public achievements are: -Professor Timothy Oyebode Olagbemiro – Professor of Chemistry, who was Vice Chancellor at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria and later Edwin Clark University, Delta State, [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] -Bala Takaya former prominent Nigerian politician and gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] Professor Enoch Olayiwola Oyawoye; a distinguished academic with wide experience in Poultry Science and Agricultural research. He was also a one-time Vice Chancellor at the Landmark University in Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] -Professor Jeremiah Olu Ojediran, an erudite scholar and one time Vice Chancellor of the Bells University, Otta, Ogun State[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] -Toyin Ayinde a former Commissioner of Lagos State and a prominent leader of the Nigerian Institute of Land Surveyors[34] [35] [36] [37] [38] -Sunday Akin Dare –and investigative journalist and one time Minister of the Federal Government of Nigeria [39] </ref>.[40] -Rev Dr. Israel Adelani Akanji[41] [42], a prominent religious leader and President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention [43] Professor Andrew Zamani, a member of the International Union of Psychologists[44] [45] [46] [47]

References

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  2. ^ "About School Facilities". Baptist High School, Jos. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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