CTFEC International Schools

Academic Curriculum

CTFEC International Schools

Nursery and Primary School Curriculum

✨ Nursery Section (Early Years Foundation Stage)

Focus: Play-based learning, sensory development, and foundational skills.

Core Areas:

  • Practical Life Exercises
  • Sensorial Activities
  • Language and Literacy (Phonics, Pre-writing, Listening & Speaking)
  • Numeracy (Numbers, Counting, Early Arithmetic)
  • Cultural Studies (Introduction to the World, Nature, and Community)
  • Bible Stories and Character Building
  • Music and Movement
  • Art and Creative Expression
  • Physical Development (Indoor & Outdoor Play, Gross Motor Skills)
  • Montessori Exercises (Pouring, Folding, Matching, Sorting)

📚 Primary Section (Key Stage 1 & 2)

Focus: Academic skills, social development, and critical thinking.

Core Academic Subjects:

  • English Language (Reading, Grammar, Composition, Comprehension)
  • Mathematics (Arithmetic, Geometry, Problem Solving)
  • Science (Natural Science, Basic Experiments, Observation Skills)
  • Civic Education / Social Studies
  • Religious Studies / Bible Knowledge
  • Computer Studies / ICT
  • French / Nigerian Languages (e.g. Yoruba or Igbo)

Complementary & Creative Subjects:

  • Literature in English (Stories, Poems, Plays)
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Music and Performing Arts
  • Visual Arts & Crafts
  • Verbal Reasoning & Quantitative Reasoning
  • History & Geography (British/Nigerian blend)
  • Home Economics / Life Skills
  • Moral Instruction & Etiquette

WELCOME TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL


The school runs the Nigerian and British curricular. The academic curriculum of the Secondary School is divided into two segments; namely; the Junior Secondary and the Senior Secondary in strict compliance with the National Policy on Education. In the first three years, {Junior Secondary}, all students follow a common curriculum which provides widely-based courses centered on the acquisition of study, skills and fundamentals which prepares them for the demand of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and Cambridge Check point.

Students in Senior Secondary are allowed to choose from their preferred field of study depending on their potential interest and capability and are guided in choice of field of study by the school management/School Counselor.

We are living in an era of digitalization, where we are surrounded by technologies from all directions. In this modern world, computer coding and Robotics has become an important skill for students and children and CTFEC International Schools is not left behind the trend. As a result, all students in CTFEC International Schools are made to offer Coding and Robotics as a compulsory subject from JS1 to SS2. 

The subjects offered in the Junior Secondary are:
  1. English language
  2. Mathematics
  3. Basic Science
  4. Basic technology
  5. Information Technology
  6. Physical And Health Education
  7. Home Economics
  8. Agriculture Science
  9. Christian Religious Studies
  10. Social studies
  11. Security Education
  12. Civic Education
  13. Business Studies
  14. French
  15. Cultural and Creative Art
  16. Music
  17. History
  18. Yoruba
  19. Coding
The Curriculum for Senior Secondary consist of the following fields of study (Department):
  • Science and Mathematics
  • Vocational and Social Science
  • Arts and Languages

Compulsory subjects, irrespective of choice of field of study by the students, include:

  • English language
  • General Mathematics
  • Trade/Entrepreneurship subject
  • Civic Education
  • Coding and Robotics

Fields of Study (Department)

Mathematics and Pure Sciences
  1. Biology
  2. Chemistry
  3. Physics
  4. Further Mathematics
  5. Computer Studies

 Vocational
  1. Technical Drawing
  2. Food and Nutrition
  3. Agriculture Science
  4. Music

Social Science
  1. Geography
  2. Economics
  3. Government
  4. Financial Account
  5. Commerce

Arts and Languages
  1. Christian Religious Studies
  2. History
  3. Literature in English
  4. French
  5. Yoruba

EXAMINATIONS OFFERED

The School is a government approved international private school. It is accredited by the Lagos State Government to instruct and train students for the following examinations:

  1. Primary 6 Leaving Certificate
  2.  Junior Secondary School examination (BECE, checkpoint)
  3. Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WAEC, NECO-SSCE)

The school is an accredited center that prepare students for international examination such as; Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). In addition, the school is an approved Centre for Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination.