The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled . . .
Maiduguri Capital School was established in 1988 with only three (3) pupils. Today, we have four thousand five hundred and eighty-six (4,586) students and pupils. The school started with only three (3) class rooms but presently has a total of one hundred and thirty (130) class rooms with laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science and four (4) ICT laboratories equipped with over one hundred and fifty (150) computers. Our new administrative block and school hall deserves a special mention as they are second to none. The school has up-to-date modern facilities as our upgraded classes are provided with television sets.
Maiduguri Capital School graduated its first set of eighty (80) students in 1999 and currently has a total of five thousand, four hundred and eighty-seven (5,487) students pursuing higher education. Our graduates are currently engineers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, scientists, lecturers, military, police officers and many in other professions.
Our school represented Borno state in the 2004 JETS competition and emerged the best in the country. We also emerged the overall best in NECO 2015 SSCE examination in Borno state. There are several other awards and prizes won by the school too numerous to mention. Our school has a total of one hundred and seventy-nine (179) staff comprising 109 teaching and 70 non-teaching staff.
Our vision for our students is to produce highly competitive and competent cadre of visionary and all-round budding intellectuals that are well-grounded in science, technology, arts and social sciences using state-of-the-art instructional materials, well experienced and highly motivated teachers