Emilio Piazza Memorial School
Address
48 Obiwali Road

Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt
,
Rivers State

Nigeria
Coordinates4°51′12″N 6°59′11″E / 4.85333°N 6.98639°E / 4.85333; 6.98639
Information
TypePrivate
MottoEither the best or nothing
Established15 September 1996 (1996-09-15)
ChairmanPaul Amrasa
DirectorJane Amrasa
PrincipalPeter Ighofowe
Teaching staff45
GenderMixed
Colour(s)Pink and blue
Websiteemiliopiazzamemorial.com

Emilio Piazza Memorial School (EPMS) is a private, mixed day and boarding school located in Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. [1]

History

EPMS was founded by Paul Amrasa on 15 September 1996. It was established to honor the memory of Emilio Piazza, a Biella-born Italian businessman who sponsored Amrasa's accounting degree at the University of Bolton, England. After Amrasa returned from the United Kingdom, Piazza assisted him to get a job working for A. Micheletti & Sons, a sister company to Emilio Piazza Construction Company. In 1992, at age 56, Piazza died in Cameroon.

EPMS started with 6 classroom blocks, 7 teachers and 2 pupils. The population later increased to 18 pupils, and by 1997, an additional 27 had joined the school. Today, EPMS boasts around 600 pupils, 27 classroom blocks and 45 teachers, bringing the teacher to student ratio to 1:13.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "School history". Emiliopiazzamemorial.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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