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The MGIS Identity

More than four decades in the making

What it means to be a Glorian — our type, motto, values and the world we gather.

A private Christian international school in Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire, with more than four decades of preparing learners from the early years through to sixth form. MGIS offers an English-medium education with a British-style academic pathway supported by Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel programmes, alongside holistic formation, leadership development, and community engagement.

Harmonious Development of Future Leaders

Motto

Once a Glorian, Always Glorious

Slogan

School values

A wealth of values, one character

Morning Glory International School is a Christian institution founded on strong Christian values. MGIS accepts students of all faiths but expects them to abide by our values. The school strongly emphasises the importance and value of a religious belief; however, we encourage members within our community to respect and accept the Christian values on which the school was founded.

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Determination

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Discipline

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Excellence

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Hard work

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Integrity

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Loyalty

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Perseverance

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Respect

Inclusivity

A Christian school, open to the world

As a Christian school, we are committed to upholding our Christian values while welcoming and admitting students of any race, religion, creed, colour, or national and ethnic origin, provided they are willing to abide by our school policies.

An international community

The world, gathered in Bingerville

Students from more than 30 countries and staff from more than 10 countries form an international learning environment associated with globally standardised benchmarks linked to Scholastic, Cambridge, and Edexcel.

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Countries our students come from

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Countries our staff come from

Our Story

A school born of a search

From a garage in Abidjan to a quarry of intelligence in Bingerville.

Some years ago, three Christian families were looking for a British Christian school for their children. There was none to be found in Côte d'Ivoire, and they were left with no option but to place their children in schools abroad. The worry, anxiety and fatigue of those years led to the founding of Morning Glory International School — a school that would provide high-quality international education without neglecting Christian values and principles.

The school started in a garage, as an after-school programme and extra tuition for students with learning challenges. Over the years it outgrew the garage and moved through several premises, holding to a single vision: training students holistically, within Christ-centred values and principles.

In 2000 the school moved to its current premises in Bingerville, and that site has grown into the beautiful campus our students know today.

"Founded by three women, MGIS is built on the values of academic excellence, discipline, leadership development, and holistic education."

The ground beneath the school

An old stone quarry, put to new work

Before it was a campus, the Bingerville site was a quarry — a place where stone was cut from the earth. The school made that image its own prayer: that intelligence be quarried here instead, for the service of all the nations whose children are assembled at MGIS.

Mission & Vision

Why MGIS exists

The mission, whole and unabridged — and the twelve objectives that turn it into daily practice.

A Pre-K–12 learning environment that transforms lives through our strong school ethos and international academic programme.

That is the mission, whole and unabridged. Twelve objectives turn it into daily practice.

At Morning Glory International School, we aim to:

Dispense an education appropriate to the needs of an international student body, ensuring global relevance and academic rigour.
Provide a caring, stimulating, and positive environment where all learners feel supported and safe.
Help students achieve mastery of basic skills and integrate higher-order thinking, laying a strong academic foundation.
Develop students into principled leaders who demonstrate our core values within the school environment and the wider community.
Equip students to engage in meaningful reflection, purposeful service, and the practical application of knowledge, rooted in Christian values.
Provide challenges for high-achieving students, while offering tutorial and small group support for those who need it.
Organise a variety of cultural activities and field trips to enrich students' global and social understanding.
Furnish a varied curriculum that enables smooth transitions to schools and universities abroad.
Promote effective teaching styles that inspire, adapt, and align with international best practices.
Offer parents opportunities to be actively involved in their child's education through communication, meetings, and school events.
Assist high school graduates annually in gaining admission to internationally recognised universities.
Inspire lifelong learning by nurturing curiosity, creativity, and a growth mindset in every student.

Culture of Care

Care, discipline, excellence, unity

How this school treats people — worked out daily, not pinned to a noticeboard.

At MGIS, our culture is rooted in Christ-centred care, discipline, excellence, and unity. We are a vibrant, structured international community representing 30+ nations, offering holistic education anchored in Christian values.

That culture is not an aspiration pinned to a noticeboard. It is worked out daily — in classrooms, on the playing field, and in every relationship between staff, students and parents.

Meet the values behind the culture

Accreditation

Four registrations, verifiable today

Every centre number and registration, published in full.

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UCAS Centre — UK university applications are made through the school

CI006

Cambridge International Centre — Checkpoint, IGCSE, AS & A Level

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Pearson Edexcel Centre — IGCSE, International A Level & BTEC

Common App

Registered — documents submitted via the Recommender System

Examinations are sat on campus in two annual sessions, June and November. Students in intermediate classes take the ISA — an ACER examination.

What this means for your child

Qualifications that travel

Because MGIS is a registered centre — not an agent for one — your child sits Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel examinations at their own school, taught by the teachers who prepared them.

Results feed directly into university applications: to the United Kingdom through our UCAS centre, to North America through the Common App, and worldwide through certified transcripts. Our graduates have taken up places across seventeen countries.

See our results and destinations

"A rigorous British-style pathway prepares students for IGCSE, AS, A Level and BTEC success."

Recognition & affiliations

Recognition beyond Côte d'Ivoire

COBIS · 2014

British International School of the Year — Finalist

Named a finalist by the Council of British International Schools in 2014.

COBIS · 2017

International Impact Award — Finalist

Finalist in the British International School Awards for International Impact, 2017.

Sister school

Dayspring International Academy

Our sister school in Accra, Ghana — sharing the same Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel pathway and Christian ethos.

Online learning

Morning-Spring Virtual Academy

The Schoology-hosted online school run jointly with Dayspring, extending MGIS teaching beyond the campus.

Visit the Virtual Academy

Benchmarking is linked to globally standardised programmes from Scholastic, Cambridge and Edexcel.

Campus & Facilities

The MGIS Ecosystem — Nurturing Growth Beyond the Classroom

Grounds, laboratories, libraries and pitches — the ecosystem beyond the classroom.

MGIS is situated in a quiet learning environment in Bingerville. The campus includes gardens, volleyball, basketball and tennis areas, a football pitch/playfield, air-conditioned classrooms, libraries, science laboratories, ICT/computer laboratories, a canteen, auditoriums, a transport service, and STEM facilities.

Harmonious Development of Future Leaders is the motto; the campus is where it becomes a timetable. Every space below serves the same idea — that a child grows in the laboratory, on the pitch and in the garden as surely as at the desk.

Around the grounds

Eleven facilities, one ecosystem

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Gardens

Planted gardens thread the campus — a green setting in keeping with a school that runs tree-planting and sustainability projects.

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Volleyball, basketball & tennis areas

Dedicated areas for volleyball, basketball and tennis — three of the ten sports on the MGIS activities programme.

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Football pitch & playfield

An open playfield and football pitch, with room for football, athletics and the running space growing children need.

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Air-conditioned classrooms

Calm, cool, air-conditioned rooms for a 170-day school year that runs from September to June.

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Libraries

Traditional and electronic collections in support of independent inquiry, intellectual freedom and creativity.

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Science laboratories

Laboratories for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, taught from IGCSE through AS and A Level.

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ICT & computer laboratories

Computer laboratories supporting ICT from IGCSE to A Level — and the BTEC International Level 3 pathway in IT at Sixth Form.

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Canteen

The school cafeteria serves hot meals, fruits, sandwiches, pizza and juice; meal tickets are on sale at the office.

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Auditoriums

Auditoriums give the school its gathering places — for assemblies, performances and whole-community occasions.

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Transport service

A transport service runs to and from school across six zones, from Angré and Cocody to Marcory Zone 4.

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STEM facilities

Dedicated STEM facilities at the school that was first in Côte d'Ivoire to adopt UCMAS — with a STEM club and a STEAM Fair on the calendar.

The setting

A quiet corner of Bingerville

The campus sits in Paris Village, Bingerville, on Rue École Anglais — opposite Hôtel Freeworld, just before Université ESIE — at a calm remove from the bustle of Abidjan.

The ground itself has a story. Before it was a campus, it was a stone quarry; the school prayer asks that intelligence be quarried here now, for the service of all the nations whose children are assembled at MGIS.

Read how the quarry became the campus

"…a place where intelligence is quarried for the service of all the nations whose children are assembled here."

Beyond the buildings

The campus is only half the story

Support services

Cafeteria & Bus Service

Hot meals from the school cafeteria, and safe, reliable transport serving Angré, II Plateaux, Cocody, Riviera, Plateaux and Marcory Zone 4.

Cafeteria & bus details

Student life

Sports, Clubs & Service

Ten sports, seventeen clubs and community service — from basketball and tennis to robotics, MUN and choir — put every one of these facilities to work.

Explore student life

Old Glorians

A community that spans the globe

Where our graduates went, and how to stay connected.

The Old Glorians network keeps you connected with your year group, your seniors and juniors, and the friends you made during your years at Morning Glory — wherever life has taken you since.

Once a Glorian, Always Glorious. MGIS alumni regularly return to speak to students and are making strides in education, aviation, governance, IT, business, fashion, and the arts.

Register as an Old Glorian

Alumni voices

Word from Old Glorians

Binghamton University

Marie-Isabelle Komaclo

"It's been a while since I last contacted you but I wanted to announce to you that I graduated from Binghamton University, State University of New York this May!"

East Tennessee State University

Jean Noalick Morane Aboa

"This is Jean Noalick Aboa, I wanted to let you know that I graduated for my bachelor degree in Chemistry on December 10 2016. I wanted to thank you for everything you have done for me."

Class of 2014

Jennifer Yhaye

Trained at 43 Air School in South Africa, Jennifer is now a commercial pilot — a feat remarkable for the determination it inspires in us all to pursue our dreams.

Why join

Four reasons to stay close

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Reunions & events

Take part in reunions and school events, and keep a standing invitation back to campus.

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Share your news

Tell us where life has taken you — we share graduate news with fellow Old Glorians on our social media platforms.

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Mentor our students

Share your expertise with current students — through messages of support, advice and mentoring.

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Collaborate with the school

Work alongside MGIS as it reaches out to the communities around it.

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Experience

Student Life

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