Makarantar Mayflower

An kafa Makarantar Mayflower a ranar 27 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1956 ta Tai Solarin,  malamin Najeriya, ɗan adam kuma majagaba na kare hakkin bil'adama, wanda ya auri Sheila Mary Tuer, mace ta Ingila; suna da 'ya'ya biyu Corin da Tunde Solarin . Makarantar tana kan babban yanki a Ikenne, Jihar Ogun, Najeriya. Makarantar ƙasa ce ta kadada 90. An sanya masa suna ne bayan jirgin ruwa na Mayflower na tarihi wanda ya kawo rukunin farko na mahajjata zuwa Amurka. Kamar mahajjata, Solarin ya kafa makarantar a cikin tawaye na kansa game da Tsanantawa ta addini.

Mayflower yana wa'azi da falsafar ilimi mai karfi wanda ya dogara da kai, sadaukar da kai, hidimar jama'a da ƙarfin jiki. A cikin kalmomin Solarin, dole ne a "tsaya dalibai". Tun lokacin da aka fara kafa makarantar, a cikin gidan kwana, an hana daliban mata yin amfani da kowane nau'in kayan shafawa. Tsarin rayuwa mai tsauri, na soja yana buƙatar kowane ɗalibi ya farka da karfe 5:00 na safe don zagaye na motsa jiki mai matsakaici wanda ya haɗa da gudu da shimfiɗa a filin. A zamaninsa, Dokta Solarin sau da yawa zai kasance na farko da zai bayyana don waɗannan darussan. Ya bukaci ɗalibansa su "jagora ta hanyar misali" koyaushe.

Taken makarantar shine "Ilimi ne Haske" kuma an san shi da ingancin masu digiri, da yawa daga cikinsu shugabannin ne a Najeriya da kasashen waje.

Kowane dalibi ana koya masa ka'idojin aikin gona na yau da kullun da na inji a matsayin wani ɓangare na ilimi mai kyau, mai dorewa.

Dalibai suna sa tufafi mai salo bayan tufafin alamar kasuwanci na Tai Solarin - gajeren wando mai sauƙi da gajerun hannayen hannu. Wannan ya shafi ɗaliban maza da mata. Ana kiran waɗanda suka kammala karatun makarantar "tsoffin 'yan majalisa".

Kyakkyawan martabar ilimi ta makarantar ta samar da dogon rikodin nasarori, gami da injiniyan sinadarai na farko na kasa.

 Tarihi 
Lokacin da aka bude Makarantar Mayflower a ranar 27 ga Janairun 1956, tana da dalibai 70, kuma a cikin 1992, tana da 1,900, ciki har da 'yan mata sama da 800. Tai Solarin ita ce shugabarta daga 1956 zuwa 1976.

A cikin 1962 ƙungiyar ɗaliban kwaleji da jami'o'i 13 na Amurka sun kwashe Yuni da Yuli a Mayflower a ƙarƙashin tallafin Operation Crossroads Africa . Kungiyar ta yi aiki tare da takwarorinta daga Kwalejin Wesley, Ibadan, don gina ginin da zai zama ɗakin karatu na makarantar. Kungiyar ta kasance karkashin jagorancin Kwalejin Kwalejin Alma, Alma, Michigan. A sakamakon kwarewar Crossroads, an kafa dangantaka tsakanin Alma da Mayflower School. Tsakanin 1963 da 1988, a kowace shekara, wani dalibi na Kwalejin Alma ya shafe shekara a matsayin malami a Mayflower. A cikin dangantakar da yawa daga cikin daliban Mayflower sun yi karatu a, kuma sun kammala karatu daga, Kwalejin Alma; kuma an ba Tai Solarin digiri na girmamawa na kwalejin. Haɗin Crossroads da Alma College an ba da cikakken bayani a cikin tarihin Solarin, Mayflower, The Story of a School, (Lagos, Nigeria, John West Publications, 1970).

 Shahararrun ɗalibai 

 Oladapo Afolabi, tsohon Shugaban Sabis na Tarayyar Najeriya
 William Kumuyi, wanda ya kafa Ma'aikatar Rayuwar Kirista mai zurfi
 Dayo Amusa, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo kuma mawaƙa
 Richard Bamisile, ɗan siyasa
 Tunji Disu, Jami'in 'Yan Sanda
 DO2dTUN, mutum na iska, mai wasan bidiyo, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da ɗan kasuwa na kafofin watsa labarai
 Chude Jideonwo, lauya, ɗan jarida kuma ɗan kasuwa na kafofin watsa labarai
 Anthony Joshua, zakaran zakaran duniya
 Pepenazi, marubucin waƙa, mai yin rikodi da kuma mai wasan kwaikwayo
 Isio De-laVega Wanogho, supermodel, columnist, painter, da kuma Interior architect

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

 Haɗin waje 

 Makarantar Mayflower, Ikenne: https://mayflowerprivateschool.com
 Tsohon Mays a yanar gizo: https://web.archive.org/web/20061205032900/http://ex-mays.com/
 Tsohon magajin yanar gizo - MSN Group: https://web.archive.org/web/20071111005348/http://groups.msn.com/MayflowerSchoolStudents/_whatsnew.msnw
 Tsohon magajin yanar gizo: https://web.archive.org/web/20080605064452/http://www.exmays.net/
 Kwalejin Alma: http://www.alma.edu
 Operation Crossroads Africa: http://operationcrossroadsafrica.org/
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