Aiyetoro, or “Compro” as it was called by students, was the first school in the country to offer basic subjects in electronics, applied electricity and motor mechanics at “O” level. These were supplementary courses to other technical subjects such as carpentry, metal carpentry and technical drawing.
The school was the second comprehensive school in the country after the Government Secondary School, Port Harcourt, which was established in 1962 in collaboration with the then Government of Eastern Nigeria and USAID. Its founders came from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
The school was founded as a pioneering comprehensive school in Africa. In addition to technical subjects, artistic, commercial, agricultural and scientific subjects were also offered. Aiyetoro was founded at Harvard University and founded in Nigeria in 1963. It was run in partnership with a western state government. The school’s founder, Adam Skapski, is buried on the school grounds.
