Tuition

Tuition

  • A curriculum featuring a robust set of subjects taught at the College
  • Co-curricular activities complementing students’ education and providing a refreshing variety to just mere academic work
  • Special, selected subjects taught to students to help expand their minds
  • Assessment and evaluation of students’ academic performance

Graduate receiving plaque

Graduate receiving plaque

Another graduate receiving plaque

Another graduate receiving plaque

College football team

College football team

Qur'an students graduaution

Qur’an students graduaution

Students enjoying their games

Students enjoying their games

Young Farmers club members

Young Farmers club members

Health and Environment club logo unveiling

Health and Environment club logo unveiling

Stage performance by students

Stage performance by students

CAT Scan demonstration at an excursion to a medical centre

Excursion to a medical centre (CAT Scan demonstration)

Curriculum

Excel College Kano is a registered post primary institution and confirms with the national curriculum.
It complies with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) curriculum with which WAEC/NECO and JAMB selection examinations syllabi are integrated. However, it also offers various Islam-based programmes to enhance students’ academic activities for spiritual and moral development.

The College offers a wide range of subjects for academic as well as Islamic, moral and character development.
The JSCE External examination result and the students’ interest determine the next and final stage of their secondary school education. This stage will lead students into either Arts, Science or Commercial Class.

Junior Secondary School (JSS) level subjects:
1. English Studies
2. Mathematics
3. Social Studies
4. Basic Science
5. Physical Health Education
6. Agricultural Science
7. Hausa
8. Islamic Studies
9. Arabic
10. French
11. Basic Technology
12. Home Economics
13. Fine Art
14. Islamic Persective
15. World History
16. Computer Studies
Senior Secondary School (SSS) level subjects:
1. English Language
2. Mathematics
3. Biology
4. Chemistry
5. Physics
6. Further Mathematics
7. Technical Drawing
8. Geography
9. History
10. Literature-in-English
11. Economics
12. Commerce
13. Government
14. Book-keeping and Accounts
15. Hausa
16. French
17. Arabic
18. Islamic Studies
19. Agricultural Science
20. Computer Science
21. Islamic Perspective
22. World History
23. Entrepreneur Studies

Co-curricular Activities

Besides academic work, there are other activities carefully designed to complement the type of education students of Excel College, receive before they graduate. These include the monthly interactive Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA) creative writers forum at the British Council, charity work, excursions, field trip, games, quiz, debates, weekend entertainment, and activities within clubs and societies. Some of the clubs include:

  • Press club
  • Literary and Debating club
  • Tajweed club
  • JETS club
  • Homemakers club
  • Young Farmers club
  • French club

Special Subjects

  • Islamic Perspectives: A subject for all students with the aim of enabling the students to appreciate the environment, science and life in general using Islamic lenses
  • Tajweed: Islamiyyah based subject designed for boarding students only
  • World History
  • Islamic Economic and Finance

Assessment

Continuous Assessment comprising of classwork, assignments, projects, tests and others, forms 30% of total marks for both JSS level and SS level in grading students’ academic performance each term, while the end-of-term examination makes up the remaining percentage. The pass mark at the Junior level is 50% and at the senior level, it is 40%.

JSS3 and SS3 sit for mock examination before they sit for external body examination.

Analysis of Our Students’ Performance in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Examinations: 2002 to 2012

YEAR NO. OF STUDENTS NO OF STUDENTS WHO SCORED
FIVE CREDITS AND ABOVE
PERCENTAGE PERFORMANCE
2002 20 20 100%
2003 14 14 100%
2004 11 9 84%
2005 16 16 100%
2006 18 18 100%
2007 24 23 96%
2008 23 23 100%
2009 23 23 100%
2010 28 22 76%
2011 30 30 100%
2012 12 9 75%
2013 12 11 92%
12 YEARS 231 218 94%