Etinan institute was established in 1915 by Qua Iboe Mission with Mr R.J. Taylor as the first principal. The present principal Mr Emeti E. Anana is the 28th principal of this prestigious institution. The school has 47 teaching and 15 non-teaching staff and the students population of 3427 in 68 streams (sections). The school is coeducational with 73 NYSC members, which makes the school one of the highest employers of corps members. The school has boarding facilities with over 500 students in the ratio of 50:50 male to female students. There are functional Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science laboratories, recently stocked with N3.5m worth of laboratory equipment donated by Exxon Mobil. There is a functional computer laboratory stocked with 100 laptop computers donated by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) with Internet facilities. The computer laboratory is furnished with 24 hours solar lighting system courtesy of NCC. This enables the school to teach computer studies effectively from junior secondary one to Senior Secondary one. It may also interest one to note that students offer computer studies and sat for it in the just concluded JSSCE 2013. The school maintains zero tolerance to examination malpractice and prepares students to move immediately into Universities as they finish their WAEC and NECO SSCE. The Old students of the institution include: 3 ex-state governors, a secretary to the Federal Government, a secretary to the State Government, a University Vice Chancellor, Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries among others too numerous to mention. Etinan Institute is still THE GOOD OLD SCHOOL!