Secondary Schools Education in Nigeria

Secondary Schools Education in Nigeria

I’m writing this article for those outside Nigeria or inside wondering how education is in Nigeria.

Secondary schools education in Nigeria is for students ages 10-16. However, nowadays there has being quite changes in the age nevertheless secondary school education is a 6 years education system- 3 years in junior secondary school (Middle school) and another 3 years senior secondary school (High school).

The first year of junior school many students that come from private primary schools find it interesting and overwhelming because everything becomes different. Right from the teachers, new students discover that there are different teachers for different subjects unlike where they have only one teacher for all their subjects in primary school.

Most students in junior school in Nigeria takes 12-15 subjects and everyone attend the same classes. Subjects like Mathematics, English language, Basic/Integrated science, Social studies, introductory technology, Religious study, Home economics, Civic education, Physical and Health Education etc

Senior secondary education is quite interested, this is where your future begins, and this is where you decide if you want to be in commercial, science or art class. The difference in the class is the subject they offer, sciences classes require you take physics, chemistry, biology. Commercial classes require you take Financial accounting, commerce, Economics. It is compulsory you take Literature-in-English, Government, Religious studies for Art classes.

Secondary school education Is fun in Nigeria as you will meet a lot of people with different ethnic character which will also add to your life experience.

Each subject is divided into period in a time-table. There are nine periods in each day with different subjects, sometimes a subject may have two periods and at times there are free periods when student. Each period lasted for an hour, the time keeper prefect keeps tab of time for each period by ringing the bell. Once the bell goes off, the class captain for each class goes to the staff/teachers room to call the subject-teacher that fall into their period on time-table.

The sixth period is usually for break which lasted for 30 minutes, this when students go to the food vendor and get something to eat and refuel for the rest of the classes.

School closes by 3pm with the exception of Friday when all schools closes by 1pm. Some students stay for extra lesson, where they are taught advanced syllabus.

I would love to hear from you guy what you experience was when you were in secondary school, was it as fabulous as mine?

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