Independent Schools in Nigeria
- Overview
- Independent schools
Gross enrolment overall: 50.7% (2007)
Primary female–male ratio: 0.91:1 (2010)
Secondary female–male ratio: 0.88:1 (2010)
Primary pupil–teacher ratio: 36:1 (2010)
Secondary pupil–teacher ratio: 33:1 (2010)
There are nine years of compulsory education starting at age six. Primary school comprises six years and secondary two cycles each of three years. Some 80% of pupils complete primary school (2009). The school year starts in September. At the end of the three-year senior secondary course, students sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. These are managed by the West African Examinations Council, which was established in 1952 by four Commonwealth governments, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, with its headquarters in Accra, Ghana and a national office in Nigeria.
