Nigeria’s most expensive secondary schools and their cost

The fall in education standards has given rise to private schools that have latched onto the gaps to create a serious disparity in the school system.

While Nigeria is battling the menace of out-of-school children, estimated by UNESCO to stand at 20 million, there are school proprietors who make a kill from the failure of the system.

It is estimated that Nigeria has about 9,500 public and 17,000 private secondary schools. The data website, Statista said that secondary schools house roughly 5.2 million children annually.

The failure underscores why private individuals and institutions have taken it upon themselves to fill the huge education gap. Most of them do this by providing education at rather exorbitant costs.

Some of these expensive schools in Nigeria adopt various school curricula, mostly from the US and the United Kingdom, to justify the reason for their high tuition fees.

elow are the most expensive secondary schools in Nigeria.

American International School, Lagos

They were founded in 1964 for preschoolers, and up to grade 12, students from the school graduate with a United States diploma with the option of earning an International Baccalaureate diploma.

The school has over 600 students who make up a large and divergent with about 30 per cent being Americans.

The student population vary from India, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Israel and Nigeria. Tuition fee costs about $28,049 for Middle School and $32,165 for High School.

British International School

The school is a multi-national and co-educational offering the British curriculum system to students ages 11 to 18.

It was founded in 2001 and served the Nigerian community and expatriates in the country. Students at the school are prepared for IGCSE and Advanced Level courses at Cambridge International School.

It charges around N6.1 million for students and N8.1 million for boarding.

Lekki British International School

Established in September 2000 in Lekki Phase 1, the school sits on 25 acres with a campus offering preschool, Junior High and High school and also has a boarding school. The tuition at Lekki British International School is about N4.6 million per annum for day students and N6.8 million for boarders.

Grange School

In 1958, some British expatriates established schools to offer education at par with the ones in the UK. It is a non-profit, co-educational, independent day school following the English National Curriculum.

Located in Ikeja, Lagos, the school has about 430 boys and girls in the primary and secondary sections, housing about 326 students. Tuition fees at the school stand at 4.5 million for day students and N6.5 million for boarders.

Day Waterman College

The school was established in 2008 and is located in Asu Village in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It sits on 35 hectares of land with about 5oo students. Tuition fees at the school stand at N5.3 million per session, and fully a boarding school.

Meadow Hall School, Lagos

Meadow Hall School is one of the schools founded in the early 2000s and is located in Lekki II. It is co-educational and uses an integrated curriculum, combining the Nigerian and British curricula.

Tuition fees at Meadow Hall School are about N3.2 million for day students and N5 million for boarding.