Tier 3 · mid-marketprivateChristianboarding available
Per term: ₦600K–₦750K
Founded 1997500students
Dowen College na coed day-and-boarding school for Lekki Phase 1, dem found am 1997. E dey follow Nigerian secondary curriculum with IGCSE option from SS1. Total na around 800 pikin, around one-third dey board. Fees dey from ₦1.8M to ₦2.2M every year.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦1.8M–2.2M
/yr · 2025/2026
First-year total estimate
₦2.2M
tuition + extras
Fees by year group
2025/2026 session — quoted per pikin per year.
Year group
Tuition
Weekly boarding
Full boarding
JSS
₦1,900,000
—
+₦2,100,000
SSS
₦2,000,000
—
+₦2,200,000
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About dis school — Dowen College
Dowen College dey for di heart of Lekki Phase 1, make am one of di most convenient school for Island family. For about ₦2M per year, na one of di most affordable option for Lekki corridor.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓Day + boarding mix (~70% day, 30% boarding)
✓Lekki Phase 1 established location
✓Nigerian curriculum with IGCSE option
✓Serves Ajah and wider Lekki catchment
✓Sports strong (multiple Lagos Inter-School football champion)
School fee na only part of the bill. See wetin family dey actually pay:
School bus (day)₦180,000–₦400,000/yr
Uniform₦60,000–₦120,000
Books + WAEC₦80,000–₦200,000/yr
Lunch (day) / meals included (boarding)₦150,000–₦250,000/yr (day)
Boarding additional₦400,000–₦600,000 on top of tuition
Campus & facility
The 5-acre Lekki Phase 1 campus combine main academic block with three boarding house and multi-purpose sport facility. Five science lab, 250-seat hall, 25m swimming pool, outdoor football pitch, and 6,000-volume library. The campus dey rely on generator and inverter; solar dem never install.
Yes — Dowen na around 70% day, 30% boarding. Day pikin dey bus from Lekki, Ajah, and some part of Victoria Island. Boarding na single-sex and e dey available from JSS1.
Solid — usually 88%+ A1-C6 across cohort, with stronger result for science than humanities. The school no dey publish ranking.
Dowen seriously tighten pastoral and boarding supervision after the 2021 case. Now mandatory parent report dey for any disciplinary action, weekly housemaster check-in, and independent boarding ombudsman. The school don rebuild trust slowly but transparently.
Yes — IGCSE dey optional, dem dey add am for SS1-SS3. Pikin fit write Cambridge IGCSE for 5-8 subject alongside WAEC.
Football, basketball, swimming, athletics, table tennis, badminton, and volleyball. The school don win Lagos Inter-School football champion three times for the last 10 years.