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Top Secondary Schools in North-Central Nigeria with boarding facilities (2026)

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    • Famaks British School (Abuja Secondary)
    • Sowing Seeds of Success
  • Location: FCT-Asokoro
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Our educational standards are second to none, we ensure the students educational needs are all met by carefully assessing each student and monitoring progress. Famaks British school is like a home away from home, we strive to instill discipline in...
    • Talent Int. Academy
    • Learning and Morality
  • Location: FCT-Kubwa
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Talent Int. Academy is a provider of conventional studies, Qur'an memorization, Arabic and Islamic studies. Like English, our students speak Arabic fluently.
    • Noble Hall Leadership Academy For Girls
    • Learners today ......Leaders tomorrow
  • Location: FCT-Abuja
  • Endorsements: 3 Parents
  • Noble Hall Leadership Academy for Girls was established with a VISION to enrich girls lives through a world-class, holistic education, with an OBJECTIVE to developing Today's Learners into Tomorrow’s Leaders. At Noble Hall Academy Learners will expe...
    • Fosla Academy, Karshi Abuja Fct
    • Knowledge Skill Empowerment
  • Location: FCT-Karshi Abuja, FCT
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • School that combine both Academic Excellent and Football Skill
    • Lamp Bearers Islamic High School
    • Knowledge and Light
  • Location: Kwara-Ilorin
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Lamp Bearers Islamic School, Ilorin, Kwara State is a citadel of learning for sound western and Islamic education. It was established in 2006.
    • Divine Mercy School, Asokoro
    • Fear God Learn and Excel
  • Location: FCT-Asokoro
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Wholesome Development, Discipline and Fear of God
    • Westside High School
    • DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE
  • Location: Plateau-JOS,
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Westside high school is an educational institution targeted to junior and secondary arm of education. Westside High school is well-equipped with facilities which aid learning and follows the educational ethics,norms, values of a standard and outstand...
    • Frontal Schools Nigeria
    • VALUE-BASED EDUCATION
  • Location: Nassarawa-G.R.A NASSARAWA EGGON
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Value-based and qualitative education.
  • Since 1998
    • Nigerian Tulip International Colleges
    • the right environment for learning
  • Location: FCT-Wuse
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • At NTIC, we attend to every child by name and need while building a world of learners where children gain a passport to the world.
    • White Diamonds Academy
    • White Diamonds Academy - Raising the Bar in Education
  • Location: Plateau-Rayfield, Jos
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • We believe there is ability in ever child. We partner with parents to discover every child's potential and nurture it. We place equal focus on character education, academic learning experience and training on life development skills. We teach our stu...
    • KINGSVILLE COLLEGE, ABUJA
    • Conquest through knowledge
  • Location: FCT-Jahi
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • To Provide Exceptional and Professionally Planned Learning Experiences for the Intellectual and All-Round Development of Our Students to Become Responsible Citizens of Nigeria, In Particular and the World In General.
    • Adonai Vine School
    • “Not Just ourselves but others”
  • Location: Plateau-Jos
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • We see the pursuit of academic excellence, intellectual development and human growth in all areas not as ends in themselves, but as directed toward a very particular goal. The inspiration of our educational philosophy and vision is drawn from the lif...
    • SASCON International School, Maitama, Abuja
    • Pinnacle Of Learning
  • Location: FCT-Maitama
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • SASCON was established to solve the problems of sending children out the country just because one desires to give them the best of education in a world class environment.
    • Capville Schools Abuja
    • A BREED APART
  • Location: FCT-Gwarinpa /Kubwa Expressway
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Enroll your child with us for cutting edge educational training services, high moral/religious standards to create a breed that stands apart in knowledge, scholarship and skills in Nigeria and beyond.
    • Zion International Schools Agingi
    • The fear of God gives Knowledge
  • Location: Plateau-Jebbu Bassa.
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • High Standard Morals Sound Educational Environment Highly Experienced Teachers Financial Considerations to special cases Mission School of High Christian Leadership Scholarships scheme
    • Valdymas College Of Advanced And Preliminary Studies
    • We sell students’ success and give parents joy
  • Location: Kwara-Ilorin
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Valdymas college is the school for the child you love. We are passionate about the academic development of you child. We are in the market where we serve as the gap between the secondary education and university. We run fantastic programs that will g...
    • St Phillips Academy
    • work hard and become a leader be lazy and become a slave.
  • Location: FCT-Mararaba Karu Abuja.
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Great missionary education with godly morals blended with high academic study supported with aiding educational infrastructures. Joint goal getting and total rejuvenation that galvanizes desired carrier and potentials.
    • Nelson Mandela International Secondary School
    • Honesty, Discipline and Hardwork
  • Location: FCT-Nya Nya
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Parents stand to gain from our huge experience of more than 24years of existence. We have experienced teaching and non teaching staff. We have well equipped laboratories and spacious and well ventilated classrooms with ceiling fans among other furnit...
    • Nigeria Ghana International College
    • Knowledge, Skills and Morals
  • Location: FCT-Kuje, Abuja
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • High quality academic and moral excellence. Our rich academic programmes are unique and second to none. We are always proud of transforming them from nothing to something. We set the pace.
    • Cherryfield College Abuja
    • ...God Grant Grace
  • Location: FCT-Jikwoyi abuja
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • We support your child in anyway possible to attain and exhibit academic excellence, morally acceptable behaviour, emotional restrain, and the spirit of interpersonal relationship with one another .
    • Dalex Royal College
    • Fountain of excellent
  • Location: Kwara-Sango Ilorin
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • In dalex Royal college,we learn morals and discipline is our watch word.
    • Freedom International School
    • Knowledge on Godliness
  • Location: Nassarawa-Koroduma, Karu L. G. A
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • We don't just teach but groom students Academically, Morally and Spiritually in a conducive learning environment with 100% availability of all boarding facilities and requirements for proper and effective learning.
    • Oasis Canadian Schools
    • Your leap to a great future
  • Location: FCT-Kuje , Abuja
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • Oasis Canadian School(OCS) is the first Canadian offshore school in Nigeria and is directly supervised by Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Canada.OCS curriculum is primarily Canadian,and students graduate with a Canadian dip...
    • Footsteps International School Abuja
    • ...steps to greatness
  • Location: FCT-gwarimpa
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • The school is founded on the bedrock of high morals, discipline and creates a platform for the teachers and pupils to develop a culture of good manners. The concept which we try to promote is an ever growing family school, where children are loved, g...
    • Smabirm International Schools
    • We Teach, you Learn, the World Benefits!
  • Location: Kwara-Ilorin
  • Endorsements: 0 Parents
  • We operate Pre-Basic, Lower Basic and Upper Basic levels of education which are named as Explorers, Navigators and Inventors respectively in accordance with the international educational standard. We offer dual curriculum (Both Nigeria/International...
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N301 000 - N500 000

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