{"id":69923,"date":"2019-10-18T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69923"},"modified":"2019-10-18T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:31","slug":"james-hope-college-acquires-american-international-school-lagos-property-offers-full-scholarship-to-40-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/james-hope-college-acquires-american-international-school-lagos-property-offers-full-scholarship-to-40-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMES HOPE COLLEGE ACQUIRES AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LAGOS PROPERTY, OFFERS FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO 40% OF STUDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The James Hope College (JHC) has announced the acquisition of the<br \/>\nAmerican International School Lagos (AISL) Lekki Campus facility to<br \/>\nestablish James Hope College in Lagos.\u00a0 This was disclosed at the<br \/>\nsigning ceremony held yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island,<br \/>\nLagos.<\/p>\n<p>The event had the Governor of Lagos, His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-Olu,<br \/>\nthe United States Ambassador ably represented by Carol Cox, the Chairman<br \/>\nof AISL Board, Ali Safieddine and other prominent persons in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>While giving his speech at the event, the Founder\/Chairman of James Hope<br \/>\nCollege, Mr. Jim Ovia stated that the College would continue to offer<br \/>\nfull scholarship based on merit, to 40% of all the students that would<br \/>\nbe admitted into the school.<\/p>\n<p>James Hope College, a co-educational initiative of the Jim Ovia<br \/>\nFoundation, offers a combination of British and Nigerian curricula.<br \/>\nJames Hope College is a Cambridge Associate School, a member of Council<br \/>\nof British International Schools (COBIS) and Association of British<br \/>\nSchools Overseas (AoBSO). JHC is in partnership with Microsoft Imagine<br \/>\nAcademy and GL Education.\u00a0 JHC is accredited by Cambridge Assessment<br \/>\nInternational Education (CAIE), Pearson Edexcel Examinations, and<br \/>\nBritish Schools Overseas (BSO.<\/p>\n<p>With the acquisition of this property, James Hope College is set to<br \/>\nreplicate in Lagos the outstanding academic performance it is known for.<br \/>\nMore importantly, the offer of full scholarship to 40% of the students<br \/>\non merit ensures that the school\u2019s equal opportunity model of academic<br \/>\nexcellence is extended to all students regardless of their state of<br \/>\norigin.<\/p>\n<p>James Hope College Lagos will open its doors to students in September<br \/>\n2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The James Hope College (JHC) has announced the acquisition of the American International School Lagos (AISL) Lekki Campus facility to establish James Hope College in Lagos.\u00a0 This was disclosed at&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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