Government College, Ibadan

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students was numbered 29.

The giant school has 11 key Old boys as board of Trustees including SAN Lawyer Wale Babalakin as its Present Chairman.

The courses were designed so that all students, no matter what their strengths were, obtained the basic skills of critical thinking, effective writing, effective oral communication, library literacy, laboratory competency, creative thinking and problem solving.

In the 1960s, more than 78% distinctions were obtained by Government College students in the external examinations, an unprecedented achievement in Nigeria.

The school has produced more than 80% of the presidents of the Nigerian Society of Engineers since its inception, and one of the only four Africans to be awarded a Nobel Prize.