Baptist Girls’ Model High School, Agbor, a brain child of Miss Ruth Walden of the Baptist Mission, USA. This was to bring up girls, into great ladies and this great desire came into reality in the year 1940. Alihame of Ika South Local Government Area of now Delta State was chosen as the best place to start up this dream as it produced a vast level land in Agbor to cover the then southern Bendel. U
nder the supervision and leadership of Miss Walden, the area was cleared and work started in 1946. In January, 1947, Misses Obaseki and Boyo Comfort were down to the school while Miss Willie Kate Baldwin and Miss Mildred Cabtrce came in May, Miss Baldwin serving as Principal. Nine (9) students enrolled. In September, 1947, Miss Crabtree took over as the principal as Miss Baldwin went home. All students were day student. In the same 1947, Lambert joined the members of staff and the student were divided into Crabtree, Walden and Yancy houses in 1948, the school became a boarding school and same building serve as classroom and hostel. The students increase in number with additional twenty students making a total of twenty-nine students. Miss Yancy joined the school in 1948 and eight students took the first school leaving certificate examination at the end of the year. All the students left with one distinguished among the others as having the highest score that any Baptist Student had ever made in the entire nation. In 1949, the class block was ready for use and the dormitory was nolonger used as classroom. The school became the first Baptist Girls’ High School in Nigeria and the mid – west area in 1950, the school was electrified and the first hostel came into being in May 1953. Eyetsemitan hostel. In 1957, parents day was established and observed every year as an annual festival featuring exhibition of class work and, and inter – house sports; literary and musical competitions. By the creation of Midwest State, the school became the oldest Girls’ School in the state in 1963 and Martin and Ayorinde house were formed in 1968. The school grew tremendously in excellence, won honours and praises in all aspect of academic and extracurricular activities while competing well with other schools within the state and beyond. During the Nigerian crisis, the school accommodated students from other schools to take their certificate examination. In 1970, Miss Crabtree resigned as the principal and Miss Van – Lear took over and same year the name of the school was changed to Agbor Girls’ Grammar School and this was reverted after some years. In 1999, the school was shared into school I and II being autonomous with their principals and teachers separately. School 1 operated from 8:00 am - 1.00 pm, while school II took off from 1.00 pm – 5.30pm. In 2002, the school became a model school run by Delta State Government and subsequently became a full boarding school. Five years later, the universal basic education was introduced and this caused a slight change in the name in the name of the school. School I became Baptist girls model junior high school while school II became Baptist girls model senior school. Despite the change in the name of the school Baptist Girls High School has always maintain her culture. The primary motive of the founding mother, Miss Walden, to give girls the opportunity to develop into women of integrity has been doggedly pursued. The old girls association has relentlessly pursued keeping the Alma mater an enviable environment. In 2012, the delta state government handed mission schools back to their founding owners. The new session came into play in September 17, 2012 with Mrs Philomena Okonji emerging as the Principal. May the lives of our present generation of Baptist Girls’ bring honors and glory to God, the nation, the immediate society and the school. ACHIEVEMENT:
Having kicked off in 2012 as a newly handed over mission school, the students sat for the first jssce and ssce examination this year 2015. CURRENT ACTIVITY ENGAGED BY THE SCHOOL:
Graduation/prize giving day holding 1st August, 2015
