STRAITGATE PRE SCHOOL  
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Q. What curriculum does the school use?

A. Nigerian curriculum with a blend of British curriculum.

Q.How many pupils in each class?

A. A maximum of 20 pupils in a class.

Q. Are your teachers graduates?

A. Every teacher is a graduate.

Q. How many teachers in a class?

A. In the Kindergarten classes, we have one class teacher with one or two assistants depending on the number of pupils in the class. In the junior elementary classes, we have one class teacher and one assistant. While in the senior elementary classes we do subject teaching. We could have one class teacher and a subject teacher.

Q.What extra-curricular activities do you offer?

A. We have lots of extra-curricular activities from hobby clubs to Entrepreneurial clubs (Skill acquisition)

Q.How old is the school?

A. The school is 23 years old. We started operations on the 22nd of September 1998.

Q. How do you manage your playground space?

A.There is a time slot for each class and when they are there, the children take turns. 

Q. Do you use books a year ahead of the next class?

A. No we don’t. Books are used according to the stipulated class.

Q. Do you give textbooks/notebooks?

A. We give customized notebooks and other stationeries to the children. However, Parents purchase the textbooks for their wards.

Q. Who owns the school?

A.The school is owned by five Christian professionals, individuals of purpose and integrity. They added their full weight to our common purpose by forging a strong partnership to give birth to Straitgate School.

Q. How do you handle pupils’ discipline?

A. Discipline is an aspect of training we handle with care. We have a ‘‘no-contact policy’’ where the teachers are not allowed to hit the children. However, we implore detention, deprivation or even suspension as the case maybe. Pupils are also counseled where necessary.

Q. How do you help pupils with challenges in certain subjects?

A. We organize intervention lessons for such children as soon as the area of challenge is identified. This lesson enables the child a close monitoring on the area of need. This could be daily or weekly.

Q. Do you give discounts?

A. Yes we give family discount on tuition fees.

Q. What does it entail to enroll a child?

A. If a parent is seeking admission into Straitgate School, the child will sit for a placement test. This test is only for Kindergarten 2 to grade 6 pupils.

Q. Do you allow birthday celebration in school?

A. No we don’t. However, we celebrate the children everyday especially on their birthdays. The pupils and tutors sing and pray for the celebrants of the day.

Q. Do you admit non-Christian children?

A. Yes we do.

Q. What is the approved footwear?

A. Flat black shoes with white socks on school uniform. However, the child can wear any colour of canvas/trainers with white socks on sport days.

Q. Do you allow hair extension?

A. No we don’t. The girls are expected to keep their hair neatly plaited at all times without any form of hair attachment or extension.

Q. What do I need to know about your school?

A. Our school is a Christian school, run on Christians principles and values. Our unique Selling Point (QSP) is our Christ Centered Curriculum (3cs). This means we expose the pupils to God’s truth in all knowledge.

Q. How many toilets do you have in the school and how are they managed?

A. There are twenty-seven toilets in the school. The pupils have separate toilets from the adults. The environmental officers clean up regularly and the supervisors do a routine check every 30mins to ensure neatness.

Q. What is your source of water?

A. We get our water from the borehole.

Q: Do you have a secondary school?

A: Yes we do. We have a full Boarding Secondary school at Forthright Gardens, Ogun State and a Day secondary school in Magodo GRA, Lagos.