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St. Anne's School, Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria is the first girl's secondary school in Nigeria. It is an amalgamation of two schools which were founded by the Christian Missionary Society [CMS] for the purpose of educating the Girl Child. CMS Girls Institution, Lagos was founded on 1st May 1869 to provide secondary education for girls. The 1870 prospectus of the school stated as one of its objectives, the nurturing of "good wives, good mothers and leading lights of society." The name of the school changed a number of times. It was renamed CMS Girl's Seminary in 1891 and then became CMS Girls School on August 17, 1926.

The pioneer missionaries in Ibadan were David Hinderer [1853-1869] and his wife Anna Hinderer. They started the Anna Hinderer 'Home school' which flourished and later metamorphized into Kudeti Girls school in 1899. The Broad street Lagos site of the CMS girl's Seminary soon became too small for expansion and in 1950, the CMS mission transferred the school to Ibadan and merged it with Kudeti Girls School. In 1927/28, the school moved from Kudeti to Molete, Ibadan and the new name of St. Anne's school was given to the school.

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