In a country where families are juggling rising food prices, rent, amongst others. The idea that some parents are paying millions in annual tuition feels almost unreal.
This sparks disbelief for some with a question of who can actually afford this.
Education has always been seen as a path to a better future in Nigeria. Nigerian parents, regardless of income level, are known to stretch their finances to give their children what they believe is a good start.
Cost-of-living surveys reported by Nairametrics show education remains one of the top household expenses.
At the very top of these education expenses are elite schools that offer premium education, with classrooms equipped with advanced technologies and fully fitted science labs.
Extracurricular activities that go beyond the typical Nigerian debate club and football, extending to entrepreneurship incubators where students were groomed to build and pitch real ventures and exposed to international environments from an early age.
Many of these schools operate foreign curricula, including British, American systems and sometimes blended with elements of the Nigerian curriculum.
They often recruit top-tier educators, including expatriate teachers and specialist subject instructors, to deliver these international standards.
Academics, however, tell only part of the story, for many parents; the appeal lies in the network these schools cultivate and the social capital their children acquire.
Students grow alongside peers from influential families, forming relationships that can shape future careers, partnerships, and opportunities long after graduation.
Here are the most expensive schools in Nigeria.
Lycée Français Louis Pasteur is a French international school in Victoria Island, Lagos, founded in 1958 by the Association Française du Nigeria.
The school Abroad (AEFE) network, offering a co‑educational day programme from early years through senior secondary under the French national curriculum and preparing students for internationally recognised French diplomas such as the French Baccalauréat and diplomas in other parts of the world.
At Lycée Français Louis Pasteur, French is the primary language of instruction, with English taught as a core subject and additional languages like German, Spanish and Arabic offered as options.
The schoolteachers are made up of 50% French professors, maintain an average class size of 17 students, educate over 500 students, and provide more than 40 extracurricular activities
The annual tuition fee for Grade 7 to 10 is N16,025,740 (€8,854), while the fee for Grade 11 to 13 is N19,184,190 (€10,599).
It was before when education was priority of every home not now