Baptist Girls’ High School, Agbor, is the brainchild of Miss Ruth Walden of Baptist Mission, USA. This was to train girls into great ladies and this great desire came into reality in the year 1940.

Alihame in the Ika South Local Government area of now Delta State was chosen as the best place to start up this dream as it had vast level land in Agbor. Under the supervision and leadership of Miss Ruth Walden, the area was cleared, and work started in 1946.

Miss Walden left the country thereafter having seen the reality of her dream. In January 1947, Miss Obaseki and Miss Comfort Boyo came down to the school while Miss Kate Willie Baldwin and Miss Mildred Crabtree came in May 1947.

Miss Baldwin became the Principal. Nine (9) students enrolled in the school in 1947. In September 1947, Miss Baldwin went back to the United States of America and Miss Crabtree took over as the Principal.

All students were day students. Miss Lambert joined the Members of Staff in 1947, while Miss Yancy joined in 1948. In the same 1948, the school became a boarding school in the same building that served as a classroom and the students were divided into Crabtree, Walden and Yancy houses.

The students increased to twenty-nine (29) students. At the end of 1948, eight (8) took the first school leaving certificate examination. All the students passed with one of the students distinguished as having the highest score that any Baptist student had ever made in the entire nation.

In 1949, the class block that was being built was ready for use and the classroom was no longer used as the dormitory. The school became the first Baptist Girls’ High school in Nigeria. In 1950, the school was electrified.

In May 1953, the first hostel (Eyetsemitan hostel) came into being. In 1957, Parents’ Day was established and observed every year as an annual festival featuring exhibition of class work, literary and musical competitions, and inter-house sports.

In 1963, with the creation of Midwest State, the school became the oldest Girls’ school in the state. In 1968, Martin and Ayorinde houses were formed. The school grew tremendously in excellence, won honors and raises in all aspects of academic and extracurricular activities while competing well with other schools within the state and beyond. During the Nigerian crisis, the school accommodated students from other schools to take their certificate examinations.

In 1970, Miss Crabtree resigned as principal and Miss Van-Lear took over as principal. In that same year (1970), the name of the school was changed to Agbor Girls’ Grammar School, which reverted to Baptist Girls’ High School after some years. From 1970 to 1999, the school had other principals, which included Mr. Teshola, and Mrs. Mabel Ojei. In 1999, the school was divided into School I and School II with each having their own principal and teachers. School I operated from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, while School II operated from 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

In 2002, the school became a model school run by the Delta State Government and subsequently became a full boarding school. Five years later, the universal basic education was introduced, and this caused a slight change in the name of the school. School I became Baptist Girls’ Model Junior High School, while School II became Baptist Girls’ Model Senior School.

In 2012, the Delta State government handed mission schools back to their founding owners (Baptist mission). The new session began on September 17, 2012 with Mrs. Philomena Okonji as the principal. In 2015, the students sat for the first JSSCE and SSCE examinations.

May the lives of our present generation of Baptist Girls bring honor and glory to God, the nation, the immediate society and the school.

Amen.