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Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde

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Maria Amieriye Osunde
Photo from Benemerenti medal Award Conferment, November 1993
Born(1928-09-13)13 September 1928
Died26 November 2008(2008-11-26) (aged 80)
Benin City, Nigeria

Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde (1928–2008) was a Nigerian educator who founded Auntie Maria School.[1]

She was honoured by Pope John Paul II with a Benemerenti medal in 1993, and has also received an award of excellence from the President’s Inter-state Secondary School Debate, Nigeria, Edo state chapter.[1]

Published works

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The Teacher My Memoirs, Benin, 2005.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Founder's Biography". auntiemaria.sch.ng. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-05.