Education · Nigeria
Establish a private school
Get approval to run a private primary/secondary school: incorporate (with a TRCN-certified director) → apply to the State Ministry of Education → facilities inspection → academic inspection & approval certificate.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Incorporate the school (CAC)
- Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) / TRCN
- Register the school as a limited liability company; at least one director should hold a valid Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) certificate.
- Certificate of Incorporation; TRCN certificate
- See CAC procedure
- Apply to the State Ministry of Education
- State Ministry of Education
- Make a formal application for approval to establish a private school in the state where it is located.
- Application; company docs; premises details; proposed curriculum
- Application stage
- Facilities inspection
- State Ministry of Education
- Officials conduct a first inspection of the physical facilities — classrooms, administrative blocks, toilets, safety and infrastructure.
- Ready premises
- Scheduled
- Academic inspection and approval
- State Ministry of Education
- A second inspection covers curriculum, textbooks, staffing and academic standards; on compliance the Ministry issues an approval certificate. Renewal requires ongoing compliance inspections.
- Curriculum; qualified staff; learning materials
- On compliance
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