How To Gain Admission Into Dowen College Lagos

Thank you for choosing Dowen College. You have made the right choice. The registration process is a very simple and straightfoward process. It's a 3-Step process actually:

  1. [ 1 ]  REGISTERforward arrow
  2. [ 2 ]  SIT FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION forward arrow
  3. [ 3 ]  CONFIRM ADMISSION

1. Registration

Entrants from the primary school usually join Dowen College on their tenth year or after their tenth birthday. Entry into other classes (Year 8 and 9 or senior Secondary School) is also available. However to enter you are required to purchase The Dowen College Entry Forms.

The Dowen Entry Package consisting of The Dowen College Entry Forms, Past Question papers and School Prospectus are available at the ADMISSIONS OFFICE at Dowen College Lekki, and other Dowen Form Collection Centres for N12, 500.

Or you can request for The Form directly from here.

Entry Requirements

  • Admission Form (to be filled properly and returned back to the school with the following documents):
  • 2 recent passport-sized photographs
  • 1 photocopy of birth certificate
  • 1 photocopy of the last term result from last school attended
  • Testimonial or letter of recommendation from previous school

 

2. Entrance Examination

Candidates who have been cleared by the admission office normally sit for an entrance Examination organized by the School's Academic Department.

Common Entrance

Candidates for entry into Year 7 usually write a Common Entrance Examination held at the College and various other centres across the country. This examination takes place in the months of March, April and May.

Transfer Candidates

If you are planning to come to Dowen College as a transfer student from another school, you would also be required to sit for an entrance examination appropriate to your level in various subjects.

For all candidates, the final offer of admission is based on the performance at the entrance examination and reports from previous school.

 

3. Entry Confirmation

Parents of successful candidates are required to confirm their child's admission by paying a non-refundable deposit by bank draft to the School Account office. Those entry have been thus confirmed are assured of a place at the college provided they satisfy the entrance requirements.

Admission Deferment

Those who wish to defer admission are expected to write to the school principal and also maintain the place by the paying the non-refundable deposit. Parents who wish to change schools from their wards are required to write to the school, giving at least a term's notice before the change is effected.