Charterhouse, Newly Established School Where Student Pay N2m For Application Fee, N42m Per Sess

There was outrage on Wednesday over the N42m per annum fees charged by Charterhouse, a newly established school in Lekki, Lagos.

Charterhouse, a British independent educational institution, will open its first African school in Ogombo, Lekki, Lagos, in September.

According to its website, the Charterhouse Family of Schools is a name that has been at the forefront of British education for more than 400 years.

Recently, the school, which will be starting with its first set of students (year one to year six) in September 2024, got 70 hectares of land in the Lekki to build the first African version of Charterhouse UK in Nigeria.

The school, on its website, explained, “Our pioneering campus has been designed to support a learning experience at the highest international standard.

“At Charterhouse Lagos, we are rethinking education for the 21st Century. We are driven by enlightened ideas and evidence-based methods of effective learning. We believe in empowering skilled teachers to create a dynamic, respectful and tolerant environment where children are inspired to achieve.”

But in a viral post by one Sisi_Yemmie on X, she analysed that the admission fee was N2m while the fee was N42m but to be discounted to N31.5m for founding pupils.

However, a media consultant to Charterhouse, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak on behalf of the school confirmed that the fee was indeed N42m per annum, saying the fee had been institutionalised over 400 years.

He maintained that the establishment of Charterhouse in Lagos would boost educational tourism as parents in other African countries would bring their children to Charterhouse Lagos instead of travelling long distances to the UK.



He emphasised that the school already had more than half of its staff as Nigerians.