IGCSE

A two-year course of study

When students enter Year 10 they embark on a two-year course of study leading to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). Some subjects are compulsory, while students elect to take some as ‘options’. Students generally take 9 subjects, and all students sit the IGCSE examinations in all subjects they are taking.

Compulsory subjects:

• English Language
• Mathematics
• Coordinated Science or at least two, or all three from
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology

Option subjects:

• English Literature
• Art and Design
• Coordinated Science
• French Language
• Geography
• History
• Information Technology
• Music
• Physical Education
• Business Studies

Examinations are set and conducted by the Cambridge International Exams syndicate in England, and papers are all marked externally.

Students who do well in IGCSE examinations are able to go on and study for A-levels or the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or may find they are able to enter the foundation programmes of some Nigerian Universities with acceptable IGCSE grades.