Education they say is the key. It is the key that unlocks doors of the future. But then, as much as we pay much attention to education, we must also ensure we pay much premium on quality education. Quality education is what actually makes the difference.
We have done a serious research to get the list of best secondary schools in Nigeria. Sadly, all (or better still majority) are private owned either by individuals or religious body. The Government secondary schools are performing, but not as private.
Therefore, in order to lay a good academic foundation for your child (ward), getting a school with high academic quality will go a long way to help shape your ward. Though, the truth remains that these schools are expensive and as such can only be afforded by the high class people. We have researched a big deal in arriving at this list of best secondary schools in Nigeria.
We considered lots of factors like, standard of education, quality of teachers, ICT facilities, students’ performance, school reputation and lots more. It is very important to know that most students that pass through these schools come out very bright. They make good grades in the examinations (both internal and external).
Parents should ensure that they get a good secondary school for their children. Secondary schools are pivotal to the development of your child. It goes a long way in molding your wards and in helping them make relevant choices as regards their careers. As more and more schools gain more competitive advantages over others, we will keep updating this list. For now, here is the list of the 10 best secondary schools in Nigeria.
#1 LOYOLA JESUIT COLLEGE
Loyola Jesuit College (LJC) tops our list of best secondary schools in Nigeria. Loyola Jesuit College is a co-educational boarding secondary school in the Jesuit tradition. The college opened with JSS-1 in 1996, and now has over 800 students in JSS-1 to SSS-3. It is a full boarding school, with teaching and supervision from members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in collaboration with the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus and dedicated lay teachers and staff.
The school is located in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria in Africa. It provides an atmosphere conducive to focused learning, Spacious athletic fields, a stream that runs alongside the property, and creatively designed buildings that complement the natural beauty of the landscape help to make Loyola Jesuit College a beautiful and effective educational learning environment.
The end of Loyola Jesuit College is to devote itself to the work of the intellectual, moral and religious formation of girls and boys of all religious faiths, tribes and socio economic backgrounds to be leaders in service of God and others. The Loyola Jesuit College community is one of shared commitment to the formation of women and men for and with others, who are compassionate towards their neighbour, committed to doing justice, competent in their academic pursuits and steadfast in their reverence for God and all of God’s creation.
The Loyola Jesuit College community is committed to the Nigerian policy On education and strives to form faith-directed persons who are inspired to imitate the justice and love of Christ for all people, who are emotionally intelligent, socially responsible and responsive, tirelessly pursue the magis and are propelled to labour for the good of others.
For more information, visit the school website at https://www.loyolajesuit.org
#2 SHEKINAH BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Shekinah British International School (SBIS) was formally known as Princess Shekinah International School. The school has proven its worth over time in the performance of her students both at national and International examinations. The outstanding performance of her students in the Cambridge examination in 2022 led to the change of the name of the school to its recent name. Shekinah British International School is a full boarding co- educational Christian Secondary School that is positioned to offer quality international education in a purpose-built, beautiful, serene campus with state-of-the-arts facility.
At Shekinah, it is believed that educating the heart of a champion is as important as building physical strength. Guided by a staff of highly qualified coaches, students hone athletic skill through healthy competition while also learning the value of hard work, discipline, teamwork, and sportsmanship as they strive for victory on and off of the playing field. Shekinah British International School is a Full Boarding school co-educational christian secondary school located at Km 1, Ihiagwa Nkaramoche Road at the outskirts of Owerri, the capital city of Imo State in the south east part of Nigeria.
The school has highly qualified and professional academic and non-academic staff with state of the art facilities and structures. The school teaches both theory and practical in every course and also involves in several extra curriculum activities. In the last 4 years, the school has remained consistent in the performance of the students in all examinations like JAMB, WAEC, Cambridge examination etc. For more information, visit the school website at https://sbis.com.ng/
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#3 KINGS COLLEGE LAGOS
Kings College Lagos is a foremost Nigerian College, promoting unity in diversity and nurturing globally competitive and chivalrous gentlemen, worthy in character and learning. It is a boys-only Secondary School that was established in 1909. It was established to produce students of profound character and academic distinction – men who would build an independent Nigeria.
In the words of the colonialists, the College was established To provide for the youth of the Colony a higher general education than that supplied by the existing schools, to prepare them for the Matriculation Examination of the University of London, and to give a useful course of study to those who intend to qualify for professional life or to enter Government or Mercantile Service.
In 1914, Sir Lord Fredrick Lugard, the Governor-General of Nigeria, described King’s College, Lagos, in a White Paper as “the leading school in the Colony as well as the Premier School”.
For more information, visit the school website here https://kingscollegelagos.com
#4 CHRIST THE KINGS COLLEGE
Irish missionaries founded Christ the King College Onitsha, Nigeria in February 1933. It is an academic institution dedicated to intellectual and personal growth of male youths within the context of well-rounded liberal arts education in a catholic environment. The college provides equal educational opportunity for all qualified students without regard to race, religion, creed, color, age, and physical disability, natural or ethical origin.
Christ the king college seeks to be a learning community, offering its students a well-rounded, world class, International education. The college offers a broad education interweaving academic study and co-curricular activity within a framework of pastoral care in which each part is an essential component, just as every strand of a tapestry brings essential value to a total work of Art and Science.
CKC seeks to develop the whole person. The college fosters the scholastic, spiritual, creative, physical, personal and social growth of the students. The college strives to guide, motivate and awaken the minds and hearts of its students and staff to realize their full human potential.
For more information, visit the school website here www.ckconitsha.com
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#5 DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL
Deeper Life High School (DLHS), a mission co-educational boarding school, is committed to an all-round and qualitative education with emphasis on academic and moral excellence. The School has invested massively in modern learning technology and has put in place an entirely e-learning environment. It provides cutting edge facilities for laboratory and research experience, competent and committed teaching and administrative personnel, as well as a conducive environment.
The School is committed to providing the highest academic standards, cultivating sound leadership skills and vision, as well as enriching lives through spiritual development. Small class size concept is adopted with its main benefits, including individualized attention and care, in addition to teacher accessibility. The aim of all these is to produce critical thinking and Christ-honouring students who will positively and profoundly impact the larger society.
The school operates a uniform curricular and co-curricular programme which focuses on cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of the learner. The uniqueness of the school stems from its series of leadership studies which form one of the core coursework for all students. This aims at raising upright future leaders through the ideals and values of practical Christianity. Consequently, the school has zero tolerance for any act of indiscipline. Deeper Life High School is a single school with campuses spread across more than fifteen states of the Federation with more coming up soon.
It has a focus to cover not only all the states of Nigeria, but also all the countries of Africa and beyond. Admission into the school is open to all interested members of the public who buy into the vision and mission of the school. The School has invested massively in modern learning technology and has put in place an entirely e-learning environment with small class size concept that enables direct teacher-student interaction during and after class studies.
For more information, visit the school website at www.deeperlifehighschool.org
#6 CORONA SECONDARY SCHOOL
Corona secondary school is a world class standard secondary school with state of the art learning facilities. Corona Schools’ focuses on the development of world-class schools. World class in all facets of our operations – curriculum, teaching methodologies, staff quality, libraries, technology, buildings, and so on. In order to sustain her mission to deliver world- class education to children. It has campuses in different parts of the country and you can be sure that your child will benefit the most when sent to corona school.
The core values of the school are;
M – Merit-based
I – Integrity, ethics and high moral standards
S – Service to the community
S – Sound business principles
C – Commitment to the development of the total child
S – Stewardship
T – Teamwork
C – Commitment to world-class education
For more information, visit the school website at https://coronaschools.org
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#7 ATLANTIC HALL
On our list of the best secondary schools in Nigeria is the Atlantic Hall School. It was established in 1989 by the Atlantic Hall Educational Trust Council. Atlantic Hall is a co-educational full-boarding secondary school committed to providing a well-rounded education, guided by a committed faculty and outstanding pastoral care. Atlantic Hall has a dual curriculum pathway to teach both the Nigerian and International (IGCSE) programmes. This approach to secondary school education is enabling, for the possible migration of graduates to alternative international education systems and wider enrichment.
The school has 650 students and a staff-student ratio of 9:1, creating an optimum learning environment and the nurture of each student to develop inherent talents, mental agility, self-belief, strength of character and the ability to live and work well with others.
Atlantic Hall student graduates as a leader and erudite scholar, cultured and fully equipped to excel in life, higher education and leadership positions across top professions globally.
For more information, visit the school website here https://atlantic-hall.net
#8 LUMEN CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Lumen Christi International School was founded in 1986 and it is located in the heart of Esanland-Arue, Uromi in Esan North-East L.G.A of Edo State and owned by Catholic diocese of Uromi. A school with a population of 630 with 99 staff, made up of both academic and non-academic staff. It operates a full boarding school for boys. Lumen Christi strives to form the whole person, hence the all–embracing programme of the school.
It is an institution that emphasizes moral value and spiritual developing along academic excellence. In the past 26 years, Lumen Christi has maintained a track record of excellence. It has maintained 100% in WAEC results for the past 22 years.
For more information, visit the school website here www.lumenchristischool-uromi.org
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#9 NIGERIAN TURKISH INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
NTIC is science oriented schools which focuses on building knowledge based on core moral values which our modern society is in dire need of. It has a total number of 16 educational institutions located in Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna, Yobe and Ogun states with staff strength of over 1000 academic and non-academic personnel. Today, NTIC has a total of 4025 students in which 17 percent of them are on scholarship.
NTIC has been awarded as the best and top school by National Mathematical Centre (NMC) and the Ministry of Education in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Information Communication Technology (ICT). It empowers students through provision of broad, appropriate and adequate curricula offerings, using state of the art technology to provide qualitative and functional science to all present and prospective students irrespective of nationality, religion or tribe.
For more information visit their website here https://ntic.edu.ng
#10 GRANGE SCHOOL
Grange School sits at the tenth spot on our list of best secondary schools in Nigeria. It is an all through 4 to 16 day and residential School in which pupils, teachers and parents, work and learn together.
Grange operates as a not-for-profit, co-educational, English National Curriculum, independent, day school set on beautiful grounds within the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ikeja, on the mainland part of Lagos in Nigeria. An off-campus “House” has been included to provide a boarding service to parents and pupils. Grange School was founded in 1958 by a group of well-meaning British expatriates, to provide education of equivalent standard to that which obtains in the UK.
As part of the 40th anniversary in September 1998, the Board felt it was time to add a secondary school for continuity and stability in the education of the pupils.
The School Policy maintains a class size of 18. The aim of this policy is to ensure that a family ethos is maintained in the school and that at Grange every child is known as an individual. We take pride in our enduring legacy for the provision of a child oriented atmosphere and our aim is to promote matured self-discipline citizens.
Grange encourages every student to discover their own strengths, whether they are academic, sporting, musical or creative. Academic standards are a priority, but it is believed that by educating the whole child the best can be brought out in each and every individual. The school is one of only three in Nigeria to be accredited by the Uk’s Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS). The school’s Patron is the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria.
For more information, visit the school website here https://grangeschool.com
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CONCLUSION
We have done a good research in providing this list of best secondary schools in Nigeria. We have also provided the website of all the schools listed above. Feel free to dig deeper by visiting their website so more information. If you think there are other schools that should be listed in this list of best secondary schools in Nigeria,
