James Hope College

 James Hope College is a boarding school in Obi Anyima, southern Nigeria. James Hope College occupies the site of the former Old Computer College, and has retained its excellent technological facilities. School class sizes are not expected to exceed 22 students. There are approximately 40 students per year group. The school’s curriculum is a unique blend of British and Nigerian styles. The school is named for the physician regarded as the founding father of cardiology.

Principal

Abraham Swart

Values and vision

James Hope College understand that in its role as educator, it is entrusted to an ideal of both excellence and quality in teaching that leads to achievements by students. As a consequence, the school aims to nurture and develop in students the qualities often found to be lacking in today’s society, namely, the pursuit of individual excellence, the desire to be valuable and responsible citizens with a positive outlook.

The effects of the fast change of pace in the world today, coupled with the doubling of knowledge every few years and interconnectedness due to globalisation is reverberating and impacting on Nigeria, which means that the next generation will experience a very different world than the one once known. James Hope College offers comprehensive learning programmes to support the most important capacities that young people now need, in order to make their way in the increasingly demanding world of the 21st century; the powers of creative thinking and problem-solving, moral & values-based education, and a strong academic base so they can become leaders in their professional field.