Why Choose Us
Many parents wonder what special benefits international schools and international curricula offer to pupils. There are in fact a number of advantages which are not always provided by other types of schools. These advantages are as follows:
- An international school education gives pupils a wider range of openings to universities around the world, many of which prefer international qualifications.
- Most international schools use English as their principal medium of instruction. This provides pupils with a strong background in English (the world’s main international language).
- International school curricula impart skills such as those that refine critical thinking, time management and problem-solving as well as subject-specific knowledge. These skills are enormously important in enabling pupils to think, act and decide independently in their education, careers, and lives generally.
- International school communities tend to be multinational, thus exposing their pupil members to a range of cultures, enhancing their confidence and their empathy/communication aptitudes and expediting what often blossoms into lifelong friendships that transcend national and ethnic boundaries.
- The ability to understand other people’s and other cultures’ perspectives conferred by teaching empathy skills is an immensely valuable asset for pupils and career professionals all over the world, whatever university degree or job they may pursue.
- International schooling offers excellent preparation for world citizenship with a truly global outlook.
- Most international schools combine the impartation of knowledge about, and pride in, pupils’ indigenous traditions with those of other cultures (international school pupils thus derive the best of both worlds).
- The international perspectives and cross-cultural skills conveyed by international schools to their pupils are regarded as essential qualifications by many universities and employers these days.
- International school curricula and qualifications (such as those offered by Cambridge International Examinations) have to maintain high standards and are continuously improved – hence their well-deserved reputation for high quality and academic excellence – international school pupils derive the benefits of these accordingly.
- Pupils at international schools enjoy access to global pupil networks and resources structured around whichever curriculum they follow.
WHY CHOOSE ABUJA PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
- Abuja Prep offers the best of international schooling. Apart from the host country Nigeria, our pupil population is from Barbados, Columbia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, UK, USA, and Ukraine.
- Abuja Prep pupils thus enjoy the opportunity to learn about other cultures from each other as well as from their teachers and the bonds they form thus represent a significant part of their socialization.
- The school’s atmosphere is inclusive, caring and welcoming – all pupils and parents are regarded as important individuals and stakeholders in the school community, no matter what their various ages, backgrounds, origins, and provenances may be.
- Abuja Prep is a Cambridge International School – this means it is an approved curricular and assessment center for Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), the region’s largest and best known global curricular body. CIE is part of the UK’s University of Cambridge, which has been a pillar of educational excellence for over 800 years. The school has had to meet the high standards insisted on by CIE to be awarded this status.
- Its teaching and learning are based on a CIE-oriented model derived from the National Curriculum of England (which is adapted to make it suitable for pupils from the cultures and nationalities referred to above). Classes commence from Early Years up to Year 6; assessment is provided via examinations conducted by CIE as well as continuous formative assessment.
- Abuja Prep pupils are also provided with enjoyable and stimulating Extra-Curricular Activities (ECAs). They also gain personal and educational benefits by being able to take part in various cultural events held at the school throughout the academic year.
- Reports are issued regularly to parents, who are also welcome to participate in our Parents’ Committee and/or to discuss their children’s progress with academic managers whenever issues or concerns arise.
- The school is housed in well appointed, a bespoke building situated in an enclosed, protected and secure environment where pupils’ health and safety are accorded the highest priority. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are served daily during the school day.
- An administered staff duty system ensures all pupils are fully supervised outside classrooms throughout the school day.