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Meadow Hall School is a school, junior school and college in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in July 2002 and offers a combination of the British National Curriculum and the Nigerian Curriculum. Meadow Hall was founded by Mrs. Kehinde Nwani. The school is primarily a British curriculum school but makes sure it incorporates the Nigerian culture as well. It always makes reference to the ROOTS and prides itself in the 7(originally 4) values: CHRIST, Care, Culture, citizenship,Community Cleanliness and Creativity. It has facilities such as a swimming pool, trampoline, tennis court, basketball court, and turf that are used for sporting events, recreational purposes and community events such as weddings and conferences. Mrs. Kehinde Nwani founded Meadow Hall in 2002. She obtained her Bachelor of Law degree from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and was called to the Nigerian Bar over 25 years ago. She practiced law for about 14 years before finally deciding to pursue her lifelong passion of setting up an educational institution. To adequately equip her for this, she obtained a Montessori diploma, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (International) PGCEi and subsequently a master's degree in Education from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. What began as Meadow Hall Infant and Junior school in 2002 has since grown into an Educational group which consists of the Infant and Junior schools on two sites (Lekki and Ikoyi) and a College in Lekki, with a total population of about 1,100 students. The Group also includes Meadow Hall Consult Limited, a consulting arm set up to provide customized training and consultancy solutions to the education sector. Spring Meadow Limited, an edutainment company focused on helping children discover and maximize their creativity. Meadow Hall Branchise Limited, a franchising company that engages in selling Meadow Hall Franchises such as the Music academy, Language School, STEM CENTRE e.t.c. Meadow Hall Foundation, a Non-profit making Organization focused on CSR projects and other charitable initiatives. A social entrepreneur, Kehinde has broken new grounds in the area of education as a result of her strong passion for improving the standard and quality of education in Nigeria. The Consult created as a result of her vision has supervised the training of over 3,400 education stakeholders consisting of teachers, school heads, administrators and school owners. She serves as an education consultant to many institutions. Mrs Nwani has been widely recognized for her educational pursuits, achievements and notable contributions to the growth of education in Nigeria. Consequently, she has received such awards as ‘The Christian Business Woman of the Year’ by the Wise Women Awards in 2013, ‘The Fellow for the Order of Sustainable Education’ by the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University in 2012, ‘Entrepreneur of Our Time’ by Junior Achievement Nigeria in 2008 amongst others. She is very passionate about Teacher Professional Development (TPD), as she believes it is the link between educational reform policies and the actualization of the reforms. She is a renowned trainer on; Teacher Professional Development, Personal Effectiveness, School Improvement, Effective Human Resource in Whole School Strategy, 21st Century Learning amongst others. A lifelong learner, Mrs Nwani has attended several trainings including Modern Strategies for Effective Education, The International Leadership Training by the Leadership Institute, VA, USA, Best Practice in School Management by Accelerated Learning Systems Ltd in London and Values and Teaching Effectiveness by the University of Asia and Pacific. It is located in Elegushi Beach Road, By The 4th Roundabout, Lagos-Epe Express Road, Lekki. ==External links== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meadow Hall School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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