Mate Comprehensive High School

History of the School

PREAMBLE:

On the 23rd of April, 1998 was the 5th Anniversary of Emmanuel Anglican Church which is located on part of the land of Mate Nursery / Primary School. The then Archbishop of Lagos, The Most Revd Dr. J.A. Adetiloye was invited to preach the Anniversary Sermon. However, instead of limiting his sermon to the chapel, He seized the opportunity to advise the Proprietor / Proprietress to establish High School. They made frantic effort to acquire a 5 acre of land at Ikorodu, but the initiative could not be established then, so they gave up the idea at that time.

As fate would have it, this demand for them to establish a Secondary School came up repeatedly with pressure from the community and parents of Mate Nursery / Primary School. Thus in 2000, they could not ignore this demand any longer.

Precisely on 4th October, 2000, Mate Comprehensive High School Ketu was formally opened, on 12 Doyin Omololu, Street in a purposely-built building formally occupied by the Primary School as an Annex to the main school.

In line with the policy, the School took off with the Junior Secondary School. As demanded by the curriculum, all the core subject namely English, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Introductory Technology, Business Studies, Social Studies, French, Yoruba, and other electives are taught. The School is co-educational.

ENROLLMENT: The School at its inception in October 2000 took off with 14 students in JSS One and pioneering Principal. The School population has been witnessing a steady growth. The staff strength is also very adequate with a ratio of one teacher to eleven students.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Necessary infrastructures to aid effective teaching and learning have also been put in place. There are standard and well equipped laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, and Biology and other special rooms, as well as a Computer room with facilities.

CONCLUSION: The School has been presenting Students for both State and National Exams at the Junior level since 2002. While the Senior Students have also been presented for both the WAEC & NECO Exams from 2005. The results so far have been encouraging.