In the 19th century, precisely in 1846, Missionaries came to Nigeria. By 1856, they started the first Secondary school, Baptist School in Lagos. Shortly after in 1859, CMS Gramer School, Bariga, Lagos; was established by the Church Missionary Society. They were both boarding Schools.

Such early schools started by missionaries in Nigeria were Boarding schools because they needed to have enough time with students and touch every area of their lives ...
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