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Cardinal Ekandem Seminary, Uyo

Cardinal Ekandem Seminary is an educational boarding facility of the Catholic Diocese of Uyo, for young boys who share the vision of the Catholic Priesthood and good citizenship through qualitative education.

As a minor seminary, Cardinal Ekandem Seminary runs both the Junior and Senior Programmes specified in the National Curriculum of Education – offering a wide variety of subjects in the Sciences, Arts, commercial,  Vocational studies and Entrepreneurial.

Cardinal Ekandem Seminary, Uyo, like any other Catholic Seminary in the world, is saddled with the task of training and graduating scholars found credible in character and in learning for the vocation of the Catholic Priesthood, productive civic responsibility and for responsible parenthood. Erroneously, many believe that the seminary trains only priests, Seminary has trained out resourceful and intellectual Nigerians that are very productive in both the ecclesiastical and in the secular worlds. There are hundreds of resourceful Nigerians that can comfortably boast of the Seminary as their bedrock.

What would interest us more is that Cardinal Ekandem Seminary has recently repositioned itself greatly to meet the rising challenges of the contemporary world, by employing professional/productive teachers, building of new state-of-the-art facilities like the computer laboratory, the science laboratory, well equipped library, English and Literature Laboratory, good, secure and healthy hostel, and an ultra-modern assembly hall.

Interestingly, Cardinal Ekandem Seminary has won many awards within and outside the state. Principal among them are the First Position (Senior) NTA indomie sponsored inter-School Debate, NTA Sponsored Best Speaker Award, First Position (Junior) in all provincial minor Seminary Debate, Second Position (senior) and Second Position (Junior) in all provincial minor Seminary Quiz and lots more. Besides this, the Seminary participates in Cowbell Mathematics with commendable results.

With very moderate fees and all the facilities needed for learning and formation, the Seminary is one place to enrol, for parents who wish a good, solid educational and moral background for his/her child.


Admission is in progress, you can call 08023512485 or 08065548662.