For many years, WELLOFF NIGERIANS has sent children to a famous British boarding school, but now some institutions have established campuses in the most populated countries in Africa.
Last year, Charterhouse started sushi elementary school and will open a secondary school in September this year.
Rugby School will also start secondary education in September. Other famous institutions such as Millfield, Wellington School and Harrow are also searching for opportunities in Nigeria.
This is clearly served with a price tag for Nigerian parents. However, the well -bent elite in this country has historically sent children to England for secondary education, attracted by the strictness, reputation and global opportunities of the British curriculum.
Karima Oyede, a Nigerian management consultant, said, “I’m really excited about it.
Her family meant moving to Nigeria for a while, but he didn’t do it so early because of children’s education.
“It is the best of the two worlds to have a chance to experience a British system in his country,” she says.
“African parents like that their children are standing internationally, but they do not want their children to lose their African people”, Source: Ijay UwakWe-Okoronkwo, Source: Education Consultant, Image
Nigeria already has the spread of private schools, but high -quality internationally recognized education will appeal to those who want to preserve the cultural identity of many parents, especially children.
“African parents like that they are giving their children international status, so they can compete with others in other parts of the world, but they do not want their children to lose their African.
The educational consultant who advises parents and schools for international dormitory options explains that it is not always grateful for children to come back after attending overseas schools.
This cultural dilemma is growing in the LGBTQ problem. In Nigeria, same -sex relationship and public affection are illegal, and homosexuality is not publicly discussed or promoted.
The new crops of the British school were boarded. For example, Charterhouse UK displays rainbow flags, but Nigerian schools are not.
“We are British independent schools, but we are sitting firmly in Nigeria’s cultural demands.”
“There is a great interest in Western cultural views.
“I know this is a big problem for my parents here, why my parents are worried about British schools.
“I am not judging -that is that.”
Nigeria’s British institutions have no choice but to “follow the laws of land.”
Recognizing Nigeria’s deep religious society, Charterhouse also expects to return to Monday morning, allowing parents to take their children home from the dormitory for Sunday church services.
Teachers at Charterhouse in Lagos tend to be a British resident. [Charterhouse]
There are some reasons for the interest of the famous British schools when opening a campus in Nigeria.
Areas such as the Middle East and China are already saturated as international schools, but Africa is relatively virgin territory.
Mark Brooks, an export champion of the British Business and Trade Department, said, “Nigeria is the gateway to Africa, and Africa is the last continent of establishing a British school.
He organizes annual events in Nigeria, where about 20 British schools meet prospective students and their parents.
Brooks said, “Nigeria is famous for producing a driving force and high achievement.
“I have brought hundreds of principals to Nigeria for several years, and there is a word that I have to take Nigeria seriously from England.”
“There is no school where a Nigerian student has not served as a head boy or a deputy director. The student can join the sixth form and become a head boy in one year.
“I have brought hundreds of principals to Nigeria for several years, and in England, I have to take Nigeria seriously.”
As the cost of sending children to the UK has soared, the timing has been proven to be the core. Just three years ago, the exchange rate of local currencies is £ 1 at 500 NAIRA. Now stand at 2,200 Nira.
The British labor government recently imposed a 20% value -added tax on private school costs.
Beyond tuition, the family faces additional costs such as flights for both students and parents.
Establishing this school for Nigeria can greatly reduce financial tensions by maintaining the same education standards.
For example, the annual fee for Charterhouse UK is about 60,000 pounds ($ 78,000), while the fee for the stampus is about 15,000 pounds.
TODD said, “Our major classroom teachers are foreigners, but 90%of employees are locals.
The school can significantly reduce costs than the UK, which is much more expensive, by hiring locals in roles such as assistant teachers, administrative, finance, personnel, marketing, facilities, security, gardeners, drivers, PAs, and secretaries.
In Nigeria, there is already a vast educational gap, and many parents choose a variety of private education. Many people are having a hard time paying higher fees than sending their children to public schools, which are often suffering from free but not trained teachers and frequent strikes.
As a result, the arrival of the British school may not change the Nigeria’s educational system significantly.
But they could threaten the established elite schools, such as the UK International School in Lagos and Regent School of the rich man who opened in the early 2000s.
These schools have been the best choice for those who can pay for tens of thousands of dollars for tens of thousands of dollars.
Brooks, who is in charge of school marketing, said, “Rugby School Nigeria is currently coming to support, develop and learn from a school in Nigeria.
“We also help partnership, teacher training and various initiatives.”
Since January, private tuition expenses are no longer exempt from VAT. [AFP]
TODD believes that the Nigerian market is large enough to accommodate all new schools without threatening existing schools. About 40%of the 200 million people are under 14 years of age.
He expects to have the greatest influence in England.
Charterhouse UK usually has a long list of waiting lists, but less popular boarding schools can experience a decrease in registration due to Nigeria’s new competition.
“The interest in our secondary school is very powerful.” We are already sending children to Nigeria’s charter house in September. “
In fact, it was one of the main marketing strategies that approached the Nigerians in the UK.
“You get this Premier brand at an affordable price, and all Nigerians have aunt or uncle in Lagos.”
This trend can be extended to UK universities. Nigeria’s third education system faces a much larger challenge than the secondary sector, and many students choose to study abroad.
According to the British government data, in 2023, Nigeria was selected as one of the top ten countries of the British student visa.
However, due to the difficulties of foreign exchange and the strict visa regulations, studying abroad is becoming more difficult, and universities that increase international tuition fees are suffering.
Earlier this month, Helen Hayes, chairman of the Congress Education Committee, admitted that the UK’s higher education sector is struggling.
“We are overlapping the process by trying to maintain a rich state in the uncertainty of where dozens of universities come from.” When she presented a session to consider the future of the sector.
If enough Nigerian students can no longer study in the UK, you can think that it is advantageous for the British university to come to them elsewhere.
In fact, Iva Dan University, a Premier University in Nigeria, was established in 1948 as a campus of the University of London, and the degree won the same value and fame.
UwakWe-Okoronkwo believes many Nigerian parents will be grateful for this opportunity. Children think that children can stay long enough to mature before they move abroad in Nigeria for a long time.
“I’m worried about spending my children too early out of the nest,” she says.
All of this could not be better for Oyede, who would start at the Rugby School in Lagos in September.
She said that the opening of the British school is already “incentive to return home.”
The outlook for college opportunities will be a welcome bonus.
ADAOBI Tricia NWAUBANI is a rich man and a freelancer Nigerian journalist and novelist in London.
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