Most expensive Secondary schools in Nigeria

For some years now, private educators are
really doing a lot to provide standard and
quality education for Nigerians. But the
challenge here is,

 the better the school, the
more expensive it will be. Looking at the
poor and below-standard conditions of our
public schools today, these private schools
are getting much more patronage than one
may ever imagine not minding the poor
economic condition in the country. Once
parents are able to afford any of the ones
available, they do not hesitate to withdraw
their kids from the public schools and
instead enroll them in private schools. But
the major thing I want to point out in this
article is that there are grades of private
schools. While some parents are struggling
to provide a few thousands to settle their
children’s school fees, others are busy,
splashing millions on theirs. It may not have
crossed your widest imagination that there
are secondary schools in Nigeria where
tuition fees run in millions of Naira and
thousands of US Dollars. These schools are
exclusively meant for the rich, who are of
course the only ones that can afford them.
23. Regent School Maitama
Abuja– N1.35 million
Address: Euphrates Cres, Abuja.
Website: http://regentschoolabuja.com/
The Regent School is a high quality British
based Education School in Maitama. The
school fees vary but presently pegged at
N1.35 million per annum for Senior
Secondary.
22. Bloombreed High School
N1.5 million
Address: Boskel Road, Off Port Harcourt/Aba
Expressway, After Eleme Junction, Port
Harcourt, Nigeria.
Website: bloombreed.com
Bloombreed High School is the brainchild of
Mrs Olufunke Sunmonu, (fondly called Big
Auntie), a seasoned educationist and a
mother with a strong passion for qualitative
education and the desire to inculcate the
fear of God in children, which inevitably
transforms them into exemplary leaders,
equipped to thrive in their life’s journey and
make a positive impact on society both
nationally and globally.
Located at Boskel Road, off Port Harcourt/
Aba Expressway in Rivers State, this school
is certainly not meant for average income
earners. The school which comprises of a
Day-care, Nursery, Primary and Secondary
section goes for as high as 1,500,000 Naira
per year for its pupils/students. Very
spacious, conducive learning environment,
highly equipped library Science, ICT,
language, technical drawing and musical
laboratories highly qualified and resourceful
teachers Sports and recreational facilities, A
medical bay run by a reputable Health
Maintenance Organization (HMO),
Uninterrupted power supply, etc. Although
the amount paid by the students in this
school might seem outrageous,but
considering the available learning facilties,
I’ll say that it is relatively modest.
21. Lead British International
School, Abuja – N1.5 Million
Address: 2nd Avenue ,Aliyu Mustdafa Street,
Wuse 2, Gwarimpa, Abuja, Nigeria
Website: www.lbis.org
Lead British International School is one of
the Secondary schools in Nigeria that offers
quality education to students aged 11 – 17
delivered in a state of the art learning
environment designed to ensure their
academic success for entry to a Nigerian or
Foreign higher institution. The School offers
the best facilities for students in the
Section: ICT provision in the Laboratories for
Physics, Chemistry and ICT; comfortable
boarding facilities; a well equipped Music
Room, a Multipurpose Hall for all students as
well as a Cafeteria for meals and
snacks. LBIS has taken huge strides to
provide students and staffs with the latest
technology in terms of hardware and
software to enable them meet the demands
of the extensive curriculum on offer. I highly
recommend this school for your kids but…
never mind if you are not well loaded.
20. Norwegian International
School, Port Harcourt –
N1,843,750 million
Address: 11 Rotimi Amaechi Road GRA
Phase III, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
Nigeria.
Website: www.nisng.com
Norwegian International School has an
enviable reputation within Nigeria. It makes
use of the English National Curriculum,
together with the curricular standards of the
Cambridge International Primary Programme
(CIPP) and the International General
Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).
This world-class school is really a wonderful
place for you, your kids, wards or siblings to
be as the case may be. But before you
become too excited, pay close attention to
this: A breakdown of their fees for new
intakes shows that #250,000 is enrollment
fee, #250,000 for development fee,
1,843,750 for tuition, an extra £600 and
#20,000 for PTA—putting these together
gives you a total of 2,547,647 million Naira.
Now you can go ahead and give it a thought
if u’ve got the cash!
19. Nigerian Turkish
International College, Abuja –
N1.6 Million
Address: Plot 152, Ahmadu Bello Way By
Kashim Ibrahim Way, Wuse 2, Abuja, Abia,
Nigeria
Website: www.nticnigeria.com
Nigerian Turkish International College was
established in 1998 with the aim of
intensifying the existing relationship between
the Republic of Turkey and Federal Republic
of Nigeria especially in the area of
education. Operating a Turkish based
curriculum for the Nigerian environment the
NTIC is a world-class school in Abuja
situated on Monrovia Street in Wuse 2. For
your money’s worth this school offers
excellent academic and extra-curricular
activities. Nigerian Turkish International
College has produced several excellent
students who have made their country and
school proud both in international
competitions and national competitions in
the academic field. Hope I haven’t wasted
my time because this will only be making
sense to people who’s got the wherewithal!
18. Greenoak International
School, Port Harcourt – N1.9
Million
Address: St. Michael’s Crescent,Off Tombia
Road Extension, GRA Phase Three, Port
Harcourt.
Website: greenoakinternational.org
GIS is currently one of the best secondary
schools in Nigeria. Being a member of the
Association of International Schools in
Africa, the school operates a hybrid
curriculum consisting of the innovative
International Primary Curriculum (IPC),
British/American Curricula and the Nigerian
curriculum. Giving any child the opportunity
to be exposed to the kind of facilities
present at Greenoak International School
comes at a price; have a look: for new
students, it’s a prodigious sum of 2,800,000
million Naira per year, while subsequent
yearly fees fall to 1,900,000 million Naira for
boarding and 1,500,000 for day. 2,800,000
million Naira is no small amount, but on this
list, Greenoak could only afford to make 18th
place, so the journey is still very far. Ride
on…
17. International Community
School, Abuja – N1.9 Million
Address: 711 Agadez Crescent, Wuse
II, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
Website: www.icsabuja.com
Abuja’ school for the international
community better known by its acronym ICS
is one of the most expensive school in
Abuja. The school offers quality international
education for both the expatriate and
Nigerian community. Despite the high cost
of education here, the school still boasts
of over 500 students from approximately 38
countries. Who knows how many Nigerians
make up this 500? Well, it may not turn out
to be what you think.
16. Charles Dale Memorial
International School, Port
Harcourt – N2,040,000 million
Address:No. 12 Army Range Road, Igwuruta-
Eneka,Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Website: www.charlesdaleschool.com
Charles Dale Memorial International School
is a secondary boarding school located in
the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and
affiliated with Bereton Montessori School. At
present it holds 400 students and little over
45 teaching staff. It is located at no. 12
Army Range Road, Igwuruta-Eneka. This is
one school whose name has become a
household name. Not because every
household can afford to have a child there,
but more like because the fees leave us
amazed. Charles Dale Memorial International
School can boast of one of the best
facilities in Rivers State and Nigeria as a
whole. Owned and managed by the wife of a
former Governor of Rivers State, King Alfred
Diete Spiff, one wouldn’t have expected
something less. As a strictly boarding school
equipped with 24 hours surveillance and a
school curriculum that is essentially an
integration of the Nigerian and British
National curricula, the fees for new students
is put at 2,951,156 million Naira per year and
drops to about 2,040,000 million Naira from
the next year. It is currently the 16th most
expensive secondary school in Nigeria.
15. Dowen College, Lekki,
Lagos – N2 million
Address: 18, Adebayo herty Road, Road 14 ,
Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos.
Website:  www.dowencollege.org
This is an independent co-educational
boarding and day school in the heart of
Regency Town, Lekki, Lagos. It offers a
broad and balanced education within a
friendly, caring and happy environment.
Dowen College is located in Lekki, Lagos and
comprises boarding and day houses. In order
to make learning worthwhile, the school
provides a well equipped library, computer
centre, internet connectivity, cultural
facilities, football pitch, swimming pool and
many more. The fees are about two million
naira (N2,000,000) per annum for a boarding
student and one million, two hundred and
fifty-thousand naira (N1,250,000), for day
students. The tuition fees include feeding,
school uniform, house wear, and textbooks. I
think this is nice, or what do you think?
14. Chrisland College, Ikeja –
N2 million
Address: 3 Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Lagos
Website: www.chrislandschools.com
Chrisland High School, Ikeja is a vibrant, mod
It is located at Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos. Chrisland School is a vibrant modern
and unique school.Their facilities include
spacious fully air-conditioned classrooms,
modern laboratories, music and drama
studio, wireless internet access, stocked
library, swimming pool, well laid out air-
conditioned cafeteria, basketball court and
many more. Fees are paid annually or
per term but on or before the first day of
school. These include registration, tuition
deposit, accommodation and feeding.
Student pay as high as N2,000,000. With all
these, it is expected that
learners in the future will be able to compete
competitive world. May be I’m yet to get to
your taste, but I think this will do…
13. Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos –
N2.27 million
Address: Poka, Epe, Lagos, Nigeria
Website: www.atlantic-hall.net
Atlantic Hall is a private coeducational
secondary school in Epe which holds about
600 students and located about 70
kilometres from Lagos in Nigeria. The school
has chosen to maintain its present
population of approximately 600 students
from ages 10 to 17; with a staff student
ratio of 1 : 10, this is to avail every child the
opportunity to be known. At Atlantic Hall, the
student is committed to academic
excellence and a well-rounded
education. The school has a well equipped
medical centre, sporting facilities, well
equipped laboratories, swimming pool, etc.
Weekends in school is filled with a wide
range of social activities including concerts,
talent shows, dances and film shows. The
school charges as much as two million, two
hundred and seventy thousand naira
(N2,270,000) for a student per annum. And
mind you, this is only tuition, there are some
other additional fees such as uniforms,
books, etc.
15. Dowen College, Lekki,
Lagos – N2 million
Address: 18, Adebayo herty Road, Road 14 ,
Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos.
Website:  www.dowencollege.org
This is an independent co-educational
boarding and day school in the heart of
Regency Town, Lekki, Lagos. It offers a
broad and balanced education within a
friendly, caring and happy environment.
Dowen College is located in Lekki, Lagos and
comprises boarding and day houses. In order
to make learning worthwhile, the school
provides a well equipped library, computer
centre, internet connectivity, cultural
facilities, football pitch, swimming pool and
many more. The fees are about two million
naira (N2,000,000) per annum for a boarding
student and one million, two hundred and
fifty-thousand naira (N1,250,000), for day
students. The tuition fees include feeding,
school uniform, house wear, and textbooks. I
think this is nice, or what do you think?
14. Chrisland College, Ikeja –
N2 million
Address: 3 Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Lagos
Website: www.chrislandschools.com
Chrisland High School, Ikeja is a vibrant, mod
It is located at Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos. Chrisland School is a vibrant modern
and unique school.Their facilities include
spacious fully air-conditioned classrooms,
modern laboratories, music and drama
studio, wireless internet access, stocked
library, swimming pool, well laid out air-
conditioned cafeteria, basketball court and
many more. Fees are paid annually or
per term but on or before the first day of
school. These include registration, tuition
deposit, accommodation and feeding.
Student pay as high as N2,000,000. With all
these, it is expected that
learners in the future will be able to compete
competitive world. May be I’m yet to get to
your taste, but I think this will do…
13. Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos –
N2.27 million
Address: Poka, Epe, Lagos, Nigeria
Website: www.atlantic-hall.net
Atlantic Hall is a private coeducational
secondary school in Epe which holds about
600 students and located about 70
kilometres from Lagos in Nigeria. The school
has chosen to maintain its present
population of approximately 600 students
from ages 10 to 17; with a staff student
ratio of 1 : 10, this is to avail every child the
opportunity to be known. At Atlantic Hall, the
student is committed to academic
excellence and a well-rounded
education. The school has a well equipped
medical centre, sporting facilities, well
equipped laboratories, swimming pool, etc.
Weekends in school is filled with a wide
range of social activities including concerts,
talent shows, dances and film shows. The
school charges as much as two million, two
hundred and seventy thousand naira
(N2,270,000) for a student per annum. And
mind you, this is only tuition, there are some
other additional fees such as uniforms,
books, etc.
12. Corona Secondary School,
Agbara – N2.55 million
Address: Yenagoa Road, Agbara Estate,
Agbara, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Website www.coronaschools.org
Corona Secondary School is a residential, co-
educational school with the aim to create
well-rounded students who are proudly
Nigerian, able to express themselves and
their culture in any environment either locally
or internationally. The unique curriculum
allows all students to study for local (NECO),
regional (WAEC) and international (IGCSE)
qualifications which equips them not just
with the knowledge they will need in the
future but also the skills that will allow them
to be life-long learners. The focus of the
Corona Schools’ Trust Council is the
development of world-class schools. World
class in all facets of operations –
curriculum, teaching methodologies, staff
quality, libraries, technology, buildings,
resources, facilities, management and so on.
The fee in this school is over N2 million!
11. Hillcrest School, Jos –
N2.65 million
Address: 13 Old Bukuru Road. P.O.Box 652,
Jos, Plateau, Nigeria.
Website: www.hillcrestschool.net
Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt seem to be
taking the greater chunk of these expensive
schools, but here we come with one of them
located in the Northern part of the country,
Jos. Hillcrest School is a private, co-
educational day school situated in the city of
Jos in Nigeria which is a K-12th grade
International Christian School with an
American curriculum. A significant number
of her students come from Nigeria, but a
good number come from other countries.
The school is owned and operated by eight
missions/church organizations. Annually
almost all graduates are admitted into North
American universities. That’s why it is no
doubt patronized by only the elite and rich.
10. Loyola Jesuit, Abuja –
N2.8 million
Address: Karu-Karshi Road, Gidan Mangoro,
Abuja.
Website: www.loyolajesuit.org.
Loyola Jesuit College opened with JS 1 in
1996. It is a full co-educational private
boarding school, with teaching and
supervision from members of the Society of
Jesus (Jesuits), and specially trained and
dedicated lay teachers. The school is
located in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory of Nigeria, situated on a 28.5-
hectare site in the village of Gidan Mangoro.
The school provides an atmosphere
conducive to focused learning. They charge
as much as N2,800,000 per student. Loyola
Jesuit College is one of the most sought-
after secondary schools in Nigeria. The
school is very selective when it comes to
admitting new students, making it difficult
for many people to school there. For LJC, I’ll
say, it’s not only about the cost, but the
much cherished quality education is also
certain.
9. Meadow Hall, Lagos – N3
million
Address: Elegushi Beach Road, By the 4th
Roundabout, Lagos-Epe Express Rd, Lekki.
Website: www.meadowhallschool.org
Mrs. Kehinde Nwani founded the Meadow
Hall Educational Group in 2002. Meadow Hall
Group seeks to provide through its
subsidiaries opportunities for the children to
develop in all areas thus being able to fully
give expression to their unique talents and
intelligence and reach their highest
potential. Meadow hall School is focused on
grooming life-long learners and building a
learning organisation conversant with the
use of 21st Century methodologies and
strategies. But don’t lose focus on the
saying that high quality comes with higher
price- Meadow Hall fee is as “low” as N3
million.
8. Greensprings School, Lagos
– N3.185 million
Address: No. 32, Olatunde Ayoola Avenue,
Anthony, Lagos
Website: www.greenspringsschool.com
We are gradually getting down to the “bigger
heads”! Greensprings School is a member of
the International Schools Curriculum Project
(ISCP), Association of International Schools
in Africa (AISA) and Association for the
Advancement of International Education
(AAIE). In addition to being recognized
locally with the necessary approval and
accreditation to run as an educational
establishment in Nigeria by the Lagos State
Ministry of Education, Greensprings School
is accredited by The Commission on
International and Trans-Regional
Accreditation (CITA), an agency involved in
improving standards in schools across the
world through the Middle States Association
of Colleges and Schools in the USA. The
fees which is left at a considerable prize of
N3 million plus annually for a boarding
student and N1,925,200 annually for day
student, include a registration which is once,
tuition, textbooks, school and house
uniforms, PTA levy, caution fee, etc.
7. Whiteplains British School,
Abuja – N3.6 million
Address: Beside Guardian House, Obafemi
Awolowo Way, District, Jabi, Abuja
Website:  whiteplainsschool.com
Whiteplains British School is an exclusively
unique school that intends to provide an
international, inclusive collaborative learning
community that merges the academic rigour
of the British National Curriculum with the
inquiry based approach of teaching and
learning as expounded by Edexcel and
Cambridge accreditation. It costs about N3.6
million per annum to cater for the tuition
and boarding of a child. On entering the
school premises, one could certainly be able
to guess what having a child there would be.
6. Day Waterman College,
Abeokuta – N3.7 million
Website: info@dwc.org.ng
Just as I said earlier, the 3 popular cities in
Nigeria are not absolutely in monopoly of
these expensive schools. With the look of
things, and the high quest for qaulity
education, these kind of schools will soon be
scattered all over the country. Day
Waterman College is located along Abeokuta
– Sagamu Expressway, Asu Village Road,
Abeokuta – Ogun State, Nigeria. It is a
modern co-educational boarding school
designed to provide an exciting learning
environment for secondary school children.
The environment offers world-class facilities,
a natural, peaceful and focused setting.
One of the things that make the school not
yet known to so many people is definitely
the cost. You should never forget the fact
that training a child in school does not mean
providing the tuition only. There are so many
other things that have to be taken care of
for the general welfare of the child which
may as well cost as good as the tuition.
Well, it’ll take just a few millions to meet up
with the demands of Day Waterman college.
5. Lekki British International
high School, Lagos – N4
million
Address: Victoria Arobieke Street, off
Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
Website: l ekkibritishschool.org
Lekki British School is the original British
School in Nigeria which was established in
the year 2000. The school supplies the
needs of each student. They provide
everything that is of international standard
as well as creating a conducive environment
to encourage a balanced pursuit of study
and recreation. Lekki British Senior boasts
some of the finest educational facilities in
West Africa. All classrooms and laboratories
are fully air-conditioned. The hostels have
excellent facilities including fully air-
conditioned dormitories and a well equipped
common room with cable television video
and other recreational facilities. The tuition
really equals with the facilities. They pay as
much as $19,500 + N200,000 development
fee. In naira, a student pays N4,000,300 per
session including feeding, school uniforms,
hostel, Sunday wears and textbooks.
4. American International
School, Abuja – N4.3 Million
Website: www.aisabuja.com
The American International School, located
at Drumi area in the Federal capital Territory
of Nigeria is an American-accredited
international school that has been open
since 1993. It is truly an international school
with over 30 nationalities represented in the
students’ population. The tuition fee per
annum is $20,970.00. Other fees such as
Application fee, Capital building fee, Annual
development fee, etc, sum up to the grand
total above. Only the very rich could afford
education in this school, and that clearly
explains why they currently have just
about 500 students from Pre-School to
Grade 12.

3. British International School,
Lagos – N4.48 million
Address: Muri Okunola Street, Landbridge
Avenue, Oniru Private Estate, Victoria
Island, Lagos.
Websit: bisnigeria.org
The British International School is a
multinational co-educational English medium
school established in September 2001. It
boasts of excellent facilities which include a
multi-purpose hall, music suites, theatre,
computer suites, science suites, tutorial
rooms, swimming pool and many more.
Parents pay their children’s tuition fees in
dollars but going by Nigerian currency, each
student pays N4,480,000 annually. This also
includes their feeding, uniforms, textbooks,
etc. The subject policies contain the
National Curriculum for England
requirements with slight modifications to
reflect the international setting. Support
teachers are also available to help those
pupils whose level of English is below
average. This school is majorly patronized by
foreigners, but of course there are still a
good number of Nigerian students there.
2. Grange High School, Lagos
– N4.5 million
Address: No. 6, Harold Shodipo Crescent,
GRA Ikeja, Lagos
Email: info@grangeschool.com
Website: www.grangeschool.com
The Grange Secondary School was
established with the aim of providing
qualitative British education in a happy,
caring and supportive environment. It
provides a learning environment where
children feel valued and are treated with
dignity. The school is one of only three in
Nigeria to be accredited by the Uk’s
Independent Association of
Preparatory Schools. (IAPS). I need not tell
long stories here because this is the 2nd
most expensive secondary school in Nigeria.
If you are interested in the school, I think
the best thing to do is to go and see for
your self how sophisticated education could
be made to be.
1. American International
School, Lagos – N5.5 Million
Address: Behind 1004 Federal Estate
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Website: www.aislagos.org
The American International School of Lagos
(AISL) is a private, coeducational school,
which offers an American educational
program for students of all nationalities in
preschool through 12th grade. The
curriculum at AISL is based on US national
standards. AISL is fully accredited through
the Council of International Schools and the
Middle States Association. AISL is an
International Baccalaureate Organization
(IBO) World School. I am glad to inform you
that the fees here are paid only in the US
Dollars. This is a breakdown of the core
annual school fees of this world class school
for the 2014/2015 Session:
Application fee: $586
Registration fee: $11,715
Annual capital Levy: $2,662
6th – 8th (Middle School): $24,101
9th – 12th (High School): $27,638
Special Assessment Fee: $9,010
English Language Learners (ELL):
$5,946
Student Support: $5,946.
What do you think about spending so much
for a child’s education, especially in our
country, considering the wide gap between
the rich and the poor, and some other
factors? Is it right after all or do you think it
is sheer extravagance? Let’s have your
opinion at the comment section below.
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