About Us

The gigantic citadel of learning known as Regina Pacis model secondary school Onitsha (academic paradise) like the biblical mustard seed developed out of the humble effort of the Christian welfare association Onitsha archdiocese. The group inspired by the then archbishop of Onitsha, His Grace Most Rev. Charles Heerey conceived the idea of establishing a centre for skill acquisition and youth development. Consequently, a portion of land was acquired in 1962 at number 13 Awka road (present site), for immediate take off of the project. Despite early efforts, operations could not begin at the proposed site until 1966, when Rev. Fr. A. Byne was appointed the director of the centre by the archbishop. The appointment of Rev. Fr. A. Byne celebrated the growth of the centre, and branches were opened at Nnewi, Adazi, Nimo, Obeledu and Oraukwu. Courses such as motor mechanic (dropped for want of space), furniture, cloth making, fashion designing, typing and shorthand, accounting and business method, catering and management studies were taught. This enabled the church to give holistic education, that involved the use of head and hands to the youth.

Trustees

For effective management of the centre, the following people were appointed the first trustees of the institution.

Mrs Cecilia Arinze.
Mr. Fred Okwudili Anyaegbunam.
Hon. George Ume Ezeoke.
Sir Joseph Ozoemena Nwankwu.
Dr. Joseph Ihejiofor.
Mrs. Ann Onyeogoegbunam.

Vision statement

A school where there is no coercion or force yet everybody excels in morality and academics.

Mission statement

To build an exemplary,virile and peace loving college resistant to mediocrity, where morality character formation, academic excellence and vocational skills acquisition are constantly and passionately prized by all teachers, students and stakeholders for an enjoyable tomorrow, and to do it the best way possible around.

Our Ethos

EDUCATION HAS A STANDARD

Education has a standard, to meet up with the standard is always very painful to the flesh, but very fruitful and beneficial in future.

Therefore, only the best is good enough, give the world your best and the best will come back to you.

Shun the enemy called Mediocrity because it is better to wear out than to rust out.

BOOKS ARE GREAT FRIENDS

Books are great friends, they have something to offer you each time you pick them up, and what is more, they never complain of being tired.

I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

I shall not pass this way again; I expect to pass this way but once. Therefore, any good thing that I can do, any kindness that I can show to my fellow human beings, let me do it now. Let ne not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

A REGINA PACIS STUDENT

A Regina Pacis student is ordinarily special; she makes the difference anytime, any day, anywhere.

MY READING EFFORT

My reading effort today is my confidence and pride tomorrow

WHY?

I will ever be confident to defend on my capabilities anywhere in the world tomorrow.

TIME WASTED

Time wasted is never lived but lost. It is like an opportunity, once gained, it is never regained.

REGINA PACIS

Regina Pacis, Mediocrity is our enemy

Regina Pacis, Excellence is our pride.

THE FUTURE

The future belongs to those, who prepare it today.

IN REGINA PACIS

In Regina Pacis, we train girls to be really girls, bringing out the best in our students with great passion and devote consistency. This is our stuff.

GOD IS OUR STRENGTH!

School Anthem

We’re the girls of Regina Pacis Secondary School,
Onitsha. Striving for our total personality.
Human spirit, body, mind and feeling; here do Receive education..

Chorus

Holy Spirit! Guide our College
So, with charity and faith we’ll work for progress.
We’re the girls of Regina Pacis College,
Yearning for all round culture

Good character make true education
Worth and manners clothe the honourable lady,
Who will raise up a good family
To adorn a worthy nation.

Chorus; Holy Spirit…

When we’re parent or true religious
Towards God our children we will mould;
So that when life’s race is won and over,
We shall wear the blessed crown..

Chorus; Holy Spirit…

Oh my sweet Alma mater how I love you
You’ve nurtured me with wisdom and tenderness
So your image aroma l’ll project;
And be indebted ever to you.

Chorus; Holy Spirit…

Men That Moved The Mountain

Any success story in the history of mankind is associated with great minds. THe statement is true in the case of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School because many great minds had brought their wealth of great experiences at one time or the other, to bear on the historic mark of the institution towards prominence.
SUCH GREAT MINDS INCLUDE:

Rev. Fr. A. Byne (1962-1970)	Father Byne was the first Director of the Archdiocesan Social Centre. He laid the foundation of the institution. He introduced such subjects as carpentry, mechanic, sewing, cooking, typing and shorthand. He also established branches at NNewi, Adazi, Obeledu, Nimo and Oraukwu
Rev. Fr. Edekobi (1970-1971)	He had a very short stay. He was able to initiate reconstruction of the war devastated Social Centre.
Rev. Fr.Ozigbo (1971-1975)	He took enormous challenges, but was not deterred. He tackled the challenges head-on and revived the Nnewi, Adazi, Obeledu and Oraukwu branches. Fr. Ozigbo opened new branches at Uga, Umunze, Nimo and Agulu. This brought the total number to eight.
Rev. Fr. Akukwe (1975-1990)	His record as the longest serving Director of the school is yet to be beaten. He expanded the academic block. He worked seriously and secured government approval of the School for many examinations.
Rev. Fr. Peter Okafor (Late)(1990-2002)	He constructed the school chapel, refectory, class rooms and hostel for Rev. Sisters. He provided ceiling fans in some of the classrooms, sunk borehole. He also put the P.T.A (P.T.D), in a better shape. He purchased electricity generating set and school band.
Rev. Fr. Charles Anaedo (2002-2006)	He improved the condition of the work force and would always say "I want to enrich my teachers". He constructed a new school building, purchased a school bus, established the school business centre and setup a computer room. He saw the opening of salary accounts for the teachers and introduced teachers identity card. He also bought trophies for school inter-house sports competition. Rev. Fr. Charles Anaedo left the services of the institution in 2006, for further studies in the United States of America.
Rev. Fr. Francis Oyebuchi Goodluck Unegbu (JP) (2006-2012)	He took over the administration of the social centre and regina Pacis Model Secondary School in August 2006. It is the time when the institution needed to maintain the pace of development that was already going on. In less than four months, He made the land mark achievements, thereby sending the message that he would not only maintain the pace of dev elopement but that he will add to it. He gave a face lift to the academic block by repainting it within his first month in office and provided Alumaco Windows for the new block. His foundation was, "IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO LEAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BETTER THAN YOU MET IT". The school staff and students were firmly motivated and the school's mission statement became a sing-song. He reformed the school's identity card. He changed the school name from Social Centre Secondary School to Regina Pacis Model Secondary School. He sunk a water bore-hole and bought a gigantic 42KVA electric generating set that today we can comfortably without fear boast of steady power supply. He gave the physics and chemistry lab a new look by equipping them. With the benevolence of our Archbishop Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke, Introduced seminars for teachers every academic year to keep abreast the current trends in teaching and learning.
Rev. Fr. Jerome Ezenwelu (2012-2018)	Rev. Fr. Jerome Ezenwelu was appointed to the office on 31st May 2012 as the director of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School and St. Rita’s Institute of Catering and Management Studies. During this time, the institution needed to sustain and develop on the level of development. During his tenure, he led the school to many achievements to the Glory of God. He constructed an ultra-modern hall for the school which was equipped with modern facilities that aid teaching and learning. The double projectors mounted in the hall allow teachers to interact with students better and make the lessons more entertaining. The hall can as well accommodate all the students and teachers for purposes such as; Holy Mass, Morning assembly, Examination, PTD meeting, formation forum, etc. This was commissioned on 13/12/13. As a means of achieving his objectives as the director of the school, he gave the school hostels a face lift by renovating them. He created new hostels: St Jerome (A-D) hostels, St Francis B hostel and Valerian hostel and equipped it with them needed facilities. These moves helped in solving the accommodation problem of the school as the school started experiencing a higher demand of passionately interested candidates. He also renovated the cooking Lab of St. Rita Institute of Catering with modern cooking facilities. He reconstructed the water storage facilities to standard and upgraded the water supply system. The students now enjoy steady water supply in the school. He considers the comfort of the students especially the boarders and created avenues that for more comfort and better learning. The school refectory is not left out from the plans of Rev. Fr. Jerome Ezenwelu. He expanded the size of the refectory and added more facilities such as ceiling fans and Cable Television Network so that students can have their meal with maximum comfort. Rev. Fr. Jerome Ezenwelu established the students’ portal and school website. Today, parents, students and other stakeholders can access the website for personal and general information. This innovation makes the school website, ‘www.reginapacisschool.com.ng’ the most visited school in Anambra State. He constructed the gigantic new academic and administrative complex from the scratch in a very short time, a project he started, given the donation of the land by the then Governor of the State, Mr Peter Obi on 14/2/14. This was commissioned on 3/3/16. He relocated all the classes, laboratories and library to the new academic block and provided them with better and modern facilities for more effective teaching and learning. Fr. Jerome made sure that there is steady power supply in the school by providing the school with Solar power supply and more Electric generators. Today the school enjoys steady power supply thanks to these facilities. Also to ease the transportation problems, he bought a new vehicle and attracted another new luxurious bus from the Anambra State Government. He installed CCTV camera in every nook and cranny of the school for security purposes and for monitoring activities going on in the school premises. To meet up with the demand of education and to provide the needed teaching and learning environment for our students, Rev. Fr. Jerome Ezenwelu always organised seminars and trainings for both teachers and students to keep them abreast with the trends in teaching and learning. He was always concerned with providing quality education to the students, no matter the cost. No wonder, during his tenure, the school recorded the best WASSCE results ever in the history of the school. In 2014, Regina Pacis Model Sec. School was ranked the 2nd best school in Anambra state and 23rd in Nigeria according to West African Examination Council (WAEC). As a man with many visions, Fr. Jerome established music academy, providing many musical instruments and got some experts for training the students in music. By this he established an orchestra group in the school. Fr Jerome also partnered with EDUFUN TechnikSTEM and introduced Robotic Science and Technology so that students can meet up with the developing trends in computer science and technology. Students can now design websites, robots, mobile apps, et cetera. Recently school came first in both Junior and Senior categories in Nigeria in 2018 TECHNOVATION Challenge (an international competition in computer science and technology across the world) and got represent Nigeria and Africa in the world finals in Silicon Valley, San Francisco in United States. To the Glory of God the school became the world champion.
Rev. Fr. Vincent Ezeaka (2018-2018)	Rev. Fr. Vincent Ezeaka held brief for the Office of Director from June 2018 to September 2018. It was within this period that he led the school contingents - TEAM SAVE A SOUL to Silicon Valley, San Francisco USA for the 2018 Technovation World Pitch and emerged the World Champion. We wish him well in his new apostolate.
Rev. Fr. Paschal Chigozie Okonkwo (2018-2021)	Rev. Fr. Paschal Chigozie Okonkwo, ordained on 7th December 2013 by Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Dr. Valerian Okeke was appointed the Director of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School and St. Rita Institute of Catering and Management Studies Onitsha on 5th September 2018. An alumnus of Pontifical University of Holy Cross Rome, he was until his appointment as the Director of the school, the Vice Rector of St. Joseph's Special Science/Seminary Awka-Etiti. Regina Pacis' family wishes him a very fruitful tenure.
Rev. Fr. Jerome Obiekezie (2021-till date)	Rev Fr. Jerome Uzochukwu Obiekezie, ordained on 26th September 2020 by the archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Dr. Valerian Okeke. He was appointed the Director of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School and St. Rita Institute of Catering and Management Studies, Onitsha on 22nd September 2021. He is an alumnus of Blessed Cyprene Michael Iwene Tansi Major Seminary in affiliation with Urban University, Rome. He was formerly the Vicar in St. Mary's parish, Awada before his appointment as the Director.We welcome him into our Regina Pacis family and wish him well in his tenure.