Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia

**Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia**, ko **GCU**, makarantar sakandare ce mai zaman kansa ga yara maza da ke kan hanyar Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene a Umuahia , Najeriya .

Shekaru ashirin bayan kafa Kwalejin Sarakuna, makarantar sakandare ta farko mallakar gwamnati, ta gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya, an kafa makarantu uku na gwamnati a 1929. Wadannan cibiyoyi uku, Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia (GCU), Kwalejin Jiha, Ibadan da Kwalejin Gida Zaria (yanzu Kwalejin Barewa), an tsara su ne don bin al'adun makarantun jama'a na Burtaniya kamar Eton, Harrow da Winchester. An san GCU da 'Eton na Gabas', a wannan lokacin saboda yana cikin gabashin Najeriya kuma an san shi da ƙa'idodinsa da zaɓin sa.

Rev. Robert Fisher shine shugaban kafa GCU . 

A ranar 22 ga watan Disamba, 2014, an sanya hannu kan Dokar Amincewa tare da gwamnatin Jihar Abia, don haka ya ba da Fisher Educational Trust duk abubuwan da suka shafi shari'a, haƙƙoƙi da iko da suka shafi mallaka, gudanarwa, aiki, iko da kuma kudade na Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia. Kungiyar Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Umuahia Old Boys Association ce ta kafa amincewar.

## Tarihi
A cikin 1927, Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya a Legas ta fara sabbin makarantun sakandare guda uku ga yara maza, wato makarantar a Ibadan (Kolejin Gwamnati, Ibadan), a Zaria (yanzu Kwalejin Barewa) da Umuahia (Koleji na Gwamnati Umuahia). Kwalejin Sarki, Legas ta fara shekaru ashirin da suka gabata a cikin 1909. Wadannan makarantu huɗu an tsara su ne bayan sanannun makarantun jama'a na Ingilishi - Eton da Harrow . Kwalejin Sarauniya, Legas (don 'yan mata) ta buɗe a wannan shekarar. Aikin fara Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia ya fadi a kan malamin Ingilishi, masanin lissafi, da kuma firist na Anglican, Rev. Robert Fisher wanda ya kasance malami a Kwalejin Achimota, Accra, da kuma mai kula da ilimi a Gold Coast, yanzu Ghana. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban farko na Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia daga 1929 zuwa 1939.

Robert Fisher ya isa Umuahia a 19 kuma ya sami ƙasa mai murabba'in kilomita 10 (26 . A ranar 29 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1929 ya bude kofofin makarantar ga dalibai 25 da aka samo daga dukkan sassan Najeriya da Yammacin Afirka, amma tare da karɓar ruwa a Gabashin Najeriya, da Kudancin Kamaru. Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Umuahia ta fara ne a 1929 a matsayin cibiyar horar da malamai kuma a 1930, ta zama makarantar sakandare. Fisher ya gudanar da wannan makarantar har zuwa 1939 lokacin da, a farkon Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ya tafi Ingila a kan ritaya kuma W. N. Tolfree ya maye gurbinsa. An rufe makarantar bayan haka, kuma an yi amfani da ita a matsayin sansanin fursunoni na yaki don tsare fursunonin Jamus da Italiya da aka kama a Kamaru da Birtaniya kuma dalibai da ma'aikata ba zato ba tsammani sun warwatse zuwa Kwalejin Sarki, Legas da sauran makarantun mishan a gabashin Nijar. 

## Malamai
GCU ta jawo dalibai daga cikin mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo daga Najeriya da Kudancin Kamaru.  Yana da ɗakunan ajiya da dakunan gwaje-gwaje. Dalibanta koyaushe suna samun manyan maki a sakamakon jarrabawa a SSCE, O-Level da A-Level. Dukkanin dalibai sun kammala manyan darussan a cikin Arts da Kimiyya.

Dalibai suna shiga wasanni kamar wasan kurket, hockey, kwallon hannu da kwallon kafa Akwai filayen da suka dace guda biyu (Filanni na Sama da na Ƙananan), filayen kurket, kotunan wasan tennis guda bakwai, filin wasan kwando; da filin wasan Olympic. Yana da filin golf mai rami tara; lambun tsire-tsire, da akwatin kifaye.

Mai zane-zane na Ingila kuma masanin ilimin kimiyyar tarihi, Kenneth C. Murray, ya fara ilimin fasahar zamani a Najeriya lokacin da ya bar Kwalejin Balliol, Oxford kuma ya isa Najeriya a 1927 don koyar da fasaha. Ya koyar da fasaha a Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia daga 1933 zuwa 1939 kuma ya fara Gidan zane-zane wanda ke da ayyukan C.C. Ibeto, Uthman Ibrahim, da zane-zanen gawayi na farko na Ben Enwonwu. An sace tashar kuma an lalata ta a lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya da Biafra (1967-70), lokacin da aka rufe makarantar don zama Babban Hedikwatar Jamhuriyar Biafra mai rabuwa. K.C. Murray da kansa ya bar Umuahia a 1939 ya zama Darakta / Mai Bincike na Tarihin Najeriya, kuma editan *Mujallar Najeriya* daga aikin da ya yi a Umuahia.

Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Umuahia kuma tana da Jami'in Cadet Corps wanda ke ba da sansanonin koyarwa a Jikin horar da filin, da kuma horar da kasada. Ya samar da jami'an soja da aka horar da su kafin yakin basasar Najeriya ciki har da Janar George Kurubo, dan Kudancin Najeriya na farko da za a horar da shi a Sandhurst da kuma shugaban Najeriya na farko na Sojojin Sama na Najeriya; Janar Alex Madiebo, Janar Janar Janara Janar Janari wanda ke umurni da tsohuwar Sojojin Biafran, Janar Patrick Anwunah, Tim Onwuatuegwu, C.C. Emelifonwu, Ibanga Ekanem, Agusta Okpe, Col. (Dr.) Bassey Inyang, da sauransu.

Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia kuma tana samar da adadi mai yawa na ƙwararrun marubuta waɗanda suka rinjayi wallafe-wallafen Afirka fiye da kowane ma'aikatar ilimi.

## Maidowa da Amincewa da Fisher
Da yake ƙuduri aniyar kawo ƙarshen shekaru na faduwar kwalejin, Ƙungiyar Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Umuahia Old Boy (GCUOBA), ta kusanci gwamnati don karɓar mallakar makarantar don sake fasalin, tallafawa da sarrafawa ta hanyar da ta dace.

Don neman manufar, amincewa; Fisher Educational and Development Trust an kafa ta ne ta hanyar Old boys tare da umarni daga gwamnatin jihar. An sanya sunan amincewar ne bayan Rev. Robert Fisher, wanda ya kafa Shugaban Kwalejin,

A ranar 22 ga watan Disamba, 2014 an sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Amincewa tsakanin tsofaffin yara maza da gwamnatin Jihar Abia, don haka ya ba da Amincewa da duk abubuwan da suka shafi doka, haƙƙoƙi da iko da suka shafi mallaka, gudanarwa, aiki, iko da kuma kudade na Kwalejin Gwamnati Umuahia. 

An yi rajistar Amincewa, daidai da dokokin Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya. 

## Shahararrun ɗalibai

* Chinua Achebe, marubuci, marubuci na farko wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Najeriya
* Mofia Tonjo Akobo, Ministan man fetur na farko na Najeriya
* Godswill Akpabio, Ministan Lafiya na Gabashin Najeriya
* Elechi Amadi, marubuci, masanin lissafi, mai binciken ƙasa, soja da kuma mai gudanar da gwamnati
* Kelechi Amadi-Obi, lauya, mai zane da mai daukar hoto
* Anthony Aniagolu, mai shari'ar Kotun Koli
* I. N. C. Aniebo, marubuci kuma soja
* Okoi Arikpo, masanin ilimin ɗan adam kuma Ministan Harkokin Waje na Najeriya (1967-1975) 
* Nimi Briggs, Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Port Harcourt
* Edmund Daukoru, likita kuma Ministan Man Fetur
* Li'azaru Ekwueme, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, farfesa, masanin kiɗa, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Najeriya
* Dick W. Emuchay, likita, malami da kuma mai gudanarwa
* Okechukwu Nwadiuto Emuchay, diflomasiyya
* E. M. L. Endeley, tsohon firaministan Kudancin Kamaru
* Okechukwu Enelamah, likitan likita kuma Ministan Masana'antu, Ciniki da Zuba Jari na Najeriya
* Nelson Enwerem, samfurin, mutumin talabijin kuma wanda ya lashe Mista Najeriya 2018
* Ben Enwonwu, mai zane-zane na zamani kuma mai zane kuma wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Najeriya
* Kelsey Harrison, farfesa a fannin ilimin haihuwa da ilimin mata, tsohon mataimakin shugaban Jami'ar Port Harcourt, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Najeriya
* Chukwuemeka Ike, marubuci, mai kula da jami'a, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Najeriya
* Orji Uzor Kalu
* Peter Katjavivi, jami'in diflomasiyya kuma ɗan siyasa
* George T. Kurubo, brigadier kuma shugaban Najeriya na farko na Sojojin Sama na Najeriya
* Alexander Madiebo, jami'in soja na Najeriya
* Nfon Victor Mukete, Ministan Bayanai na farko na Najeriya kuma sanannen ɗan siyasan Kamaru
* Obi Nwakanma, mawaki na Najeriya
* Okwesilieze Nwodo
* Chukwuedu Nwokolo
* Jide Obi, lauya kuma tauraron pop
* Gabriel Okara, mawaki 
* J.O.J. Okezie, ministan lafiya na farko na Najeriya
* Christopher Okigbo, mawaki kuma mai bugawa
* Chu Okongwu, Ministan Shirye-shiryen Kasa da Ministan Man Fetur
* Domingo Okorie
* Charles Onyeama, Alkalin Kotun Duniya
* Idah Peterside, mai tsaron gida na Super Eagles
* Ken Saro-Wiwa, marubuci kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin muhalli
* James Iroha Uchechukwu, mai zane-zane da mai daukar hoto
* Achike Udenwa, ɗan siyasa. Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Imo
* Jaja Wachuku, lauya, Kakakin Majalisar Wakilai na farko na Najeriya kuma Ministan Harkokin Waje na farko na Nigeria

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