Barewa College
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| Motto |
Man Jada Wajada (He Who Strives Shall Succeed) |
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| Established | 1921 |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Founders | Sir Hugh Clifford |
| Location |
Gaskiya Road, Zaria Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria  Coordinates: 11°05′07″N 7°41′56″E / 11.085278°N 7.698889°E |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Bello Kagara, Lugard, Clifford, Dan Hausa, Mallam Smith, Nagwamatse, Bienemann, Mort, Jafaru, Suleiman Barau |
| Colours | White and Blue |
| Former pupils | Old Boys |
Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as "Katsina College." It switched its name to "Kaduna College" in 1938 and then "Government College, Zaria" in 1949 before settling on "Barewa College." It is one of the largest boarding schools in Northern Nigeria and was the most celebrated post primary school in Northern Nigeria up to the early 1960s. The school is known for the large number of elites from the region that passed through the school's academic buildings and counts among its alumni, five of whom were at one time Nigerian Heads of State including the late president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Memorable names of the dormitories include: Bello Kagara House, Luggard House, Clifford House, Dan Hausa House, Mallam Smith House, Nagwamatse House, Bienemann House, Mort House, and later Jafaru House and Suleiman Barau House, which were previously called New House A and New House B during their construction. These dormitories housed up to a thousand pupils at any one time, within the vast landscape east of Tudun Wadda.
Barewa College, Zaria previously known as Katsina Teacher’s College; Katsina Higher College; Kaduna College, Zaria Secondary School; Government College Zaria; and now Barewa College, Zaria was first established in Katsina as Katsina Teachers’ College in 1921 essentially to train teachers for the Northern Provinces. The then Governor General of Nigeria, Sir Hugh Clifford, While addressing pioneer the students, said: “it is very necessary that the young men who would receive their training in this College, and who will thereafter carry the torch of learning and knowledge, to all parts of Northern Provinces should concentrate all their energies upon the task that is set on them during their period of training.
As the need to recruit Northerners into the Civil service became greater, the College was upgraded to Katsina Higher College in 1929 with emphasis on man-power development. It was then that teaching of science was introduced in order to equip the students with opportunities for Technical Training, Engineering, Pharmacy, Forestry and Agricultural Studies as well as Medical Studies at Yaba. It was also then (in 1929) that the idea of moving the College to a more central location as well as raising it to the same level with Yaba, was muted. But the global political and economic situation of the period (1930s -40s) made the colonial administration change gear; even the movement to Kaduna got approval only in 1935 and became actualized in 1937/8. The new location had originally been Zaria but at the point of implementation it was switched to Kaduna. The single stream of 25 students was doubled in 1945 when 50 students were admitted. In 1949, the College was finally transferred to Zaria.
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