How safe is it to live in Nigeria?
08 July 2011
I have been offered a job in Nigeria Lagos. They would provide me with housing, car and local expenses apart from the savings part. I wish to know about the family life in Nigeria. How comfortable is it?? Also what are the options for schooling there?? I have been told that they will take care of the school fee etc of my kid in indian school there. How good is that school?? Thanks in advance.
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Depending on your salary package, some expats find that are able to have a much more comfortable life than they had in their home country, plus they can save.
The Indian school, which upholds a CBSE curriculum has over 2000 students, and is well-reputed. Though, the senior schools slightly falls behind the junior and primary school in terms of quality.
Hi,
Lets first talk about the school. The Indian Language School has a CBSE curriculum and has over 2000 students studying currently. The primary school is very good, at par with any school in India. The school conducts many extra curricular activities such as fancy dress competitions, annual day, celebrates all the Indian festivals etc. The sports facilities are: badminton, swimming, football and cricket. However, the school lacks large grounds for sports similar to those in India. The effort taken by the teachers is commendable. I can talk specifically of the primary school since my son in is UKG. For older kids, home tutions are available by Indians; many classes such as dance, art/craft etc are also conducted in Lagos.
I would say that your children would not lack much, except Lagos does not have parks or public spaces. However, it also depends on what your benchmarks are, like, if your children are studying in an IB school in India, then you may find ILS lacking in several aspects.
Family life otherwise is quite comfortable. There are many avenues to interact with fellow Indians. Safety issues are not as much now as these were some years back. The city has shopping options, cinemas (only two though) and some beach resorts.
Hope this helps. Else do contact me for any other help
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