A partnership guide for Nigerian schools
An Ontario high school diploma, earned in Nigeria.
Your students earn Canadian credits without leaving your school, your city, or your timetable — alongside the WASSCE, not instead of it.
Inside this guide
- 01What your students would earn
- 02What universities already say
- 03Why we can grant the credential
- 04Students, in their own words
- 05What partnering looks like
Your Path.
Your Pace.
Your Future.
- Grades 1–12, online
- 75 Ontario-curriculum courses
- Taught and graded by OCT-certified teachers
- Rolling enrolment — no September start to wait for
- Official Ontario Student Transcripts
Canada e Academy is an online private Ontario school, inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education (BSID #667733).
The things worth checking, before anything else
Any school can describe itself well.
These are the facts you can verify without taking our word for anything.
Inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
Canada e Academy is an online private Ontario school, inspected by the Ministry under BSID #667733, and authorized to grant credits toward the OSSD.
Taught and graded by certified teachers
Every credit course is taught and graded by an educator certified by the Ontario College of Teachers.
Official Ontario Student Transcripts
Marks are submitted to OUAC and OCAS, and Letters of Acceptance are issued in the school's name.
Fully online, in Nigeria
Licensed to deliver Ontario credits fully online — your students stay on your roll, in your city, on your timetable.
Why this conversation, now
Nigerian demand for an international credential has not fallen. The routes to it have narrowed.
$1.39bn
spent by Nigerians on foreign education in the first half of 2025 alone — the highest first-half figure since 2021.
70–80%
of Nigerian study-permit applications to Canada were refused in 2025.
20%
UK sponsored-study refusal rate for Nigerian applicants in winter 2025/26 — historically under 5%.
23,160
Nigerians started UK degrees in the most recent intake — demand has not fallen; the routes to it have narrowed.
A credential admissions offices already understand
The Ontario Secondary School Diploma is the graduation credential of Canada's largest school system. Three features matter most to a student outside Canada.
It is granular.
One Ontario credit represents a course scheduled for a minimum of 110 hours. A student can earn the full diploma, or a single credit that fills one specific gap. The credential is not all-or-nothing — which means a partnership can start small.
It is transcript-based.
Universities read an Official Ontario Student Transcript course by course, with marks submitted directly to OUAC and OCAS. Nothing is left to interpretation.
It is already understood.
The OSSD is the graduation credential of Canada's largest school system. Admissions offices in Canada, the UK, the US and Australia publish exactly what it must show.
Universities already publish what the OSSD must show
Offer conditions set out to Canada e Academy students, quoted as written by each admissions office.
“Ontario Secondary School Diploma with an average of 75% across 6 grade 12 subjects, including at least 50% in Calculus and Vectors or Advanced Functions.”
“83% average across 6 academic subjects in the Canada–Ontario Secondary School Diploma, to include 85% in Chemistry and Calculus and Vectors.”
The gap this closes
Two published entry positions, from universities your students already apply to.
A student presenting WASSCE alone
“Due to differences in the Nigerian and UK education systems, applicants who have completed the WASSCE will need to successfully complete a University-recognised foundation programme before joining an undergraduate course.”
The University of Manchester, Nigeria entry requirements
The same student presenting Ontario credits
“Ontario Grade 12 U-level courses are accepted for direct entry — the foundation year falls away, and the student is assessed on the transcript.”
How the OSSD is read by the same admissions offices
Three ways your students use us
Most partner schools use more than one. They are not alternatives so much as different-sized doors.
01
Alongside your own curriculum
Where most partnerships start
A student stays on your roll and takes specific Ontario Grade 12 U courses with us — most often Calculus and Vectors, Advanced Functions, Chemistry, Physics and English. This is the route for students whose target universities ask for subjects your timetable cannot carry.
02
A dual-credential stream
For schools building a Canadian pathway
A cohort works toward the full OSSD alongside the WASSCE over Grades 10–12. Your teachers deliver the instruction in your classrooms; we set and mark every assessment and issue the transcript.
03
Individual students, one credit at a time
The smallest door
A single student needs one Grade 12 course to satisfy an offer condition. Rolling enrolment means they start when they are ready, not when a term begins.
How a student actually studies
Our courses are not PDFs with a quiz at the end. Each lesson is an interactive, narrated animation with simulations and built-in practice.
Study when it works
Courses are open 24 hours a day and self-paced, with no fixed class times to attend. Enrolment is rolling, so a student starts when they are ready rather than waiting for a term to begin.
Not PDFs with a quiz at the end
Each lesson is an interactive, narrated animation with simulations and built-in practice.
Feedback that keeps them moving
Teachers return graded work with feedback within 24 to 48 business hours. Every course ends in a proctored final examination.
Students, in their own words
Students who used Ontario credits to reach a university place — and the ones whose lives do not fit a timetable.
“Taking ENG4U online with Canada e Academy prepared me to comfortably engage in university programs.”
Anisha A.
York University, and a Master's at the University of Toronto
“I needed a Grade 12 credit to be admitted to my program. Canada e Academy made the possible.”
Clara A.
Student, University of Toronto
“I couldn't balance rigorous tennis training with a normal school schedule. Canada e Academy taught me discipline.”
Adrian C.
Ontario Scholar and student athlete
“Canada e Academy's flexible schedule and interactive lessons let me balance national team training and school.”
Abigail T.
Canadian Paralympic swimmer
It sits alongside the WAEC, not instead of it
This is both the legal position and, we think, the better one.
Lagos State Guidelines, §6.01 · Foreign Curriculum
“Some private schools may operate a foreign curriculum of their choice based on their chosen objectives.”
Who does what
The division of responsibility is fixed by Ontario law, not by negotiation. It is worth being precise about it early.
Your school
- Provides the classroom, the timetable slot and the supervision
- Your own teachers deliver the instruction
- You keep the relationship with your families, and the student stays on your roll
- You choose which students, which subjects, and how many
Canada e Academy
- Sets and marks every assessment, including the proctored final examination
- Grants the Ontario credit and issues the Official Ontario Student Transcript
- Submits marks to OUAC and OCAS, and issues Letters of Acceptance
- Provides a dedicated international advisor from enrolment through graduation
What we provide, and what we will not claim
You are putting your school's name beside ours. You should know exactly where the line is.
What we provide
- A dedicated international advisor, from enrolment through graduation
- Course selection mapped against each student's target universities
- Diploma requirements checked against each student's Grade 9 entry year
- Official Ontario Student Transcripts, with marks submitted to OUAC and OCAS
- Letters of Acceptance and enrolment confirmations for visa files
What we will not claim
- That any university admission is guaranteed — offers are the university's decision
- That Ontario credits replace the WASSCE — they sit alongside it
- That a student can skip the work: 110 scheduled hours per credit is the Ontario standard
The people you will be dealing with
A small team, and the same faces from the first call through your first cohort.
AK
Nigeria Partnerships Lead
Samantha
Principal & Academic Lead
Rayan
Admissions & Partnerships
Where this starts
A 20-minute call, and a list of your students' target universities. Nothing else is needed to begin.
- 01
A 20-minute call
We map your students' target universities against Ontario course codes, and tell you plainly where we do and do not fit.
- 02
A pathway for your school
Which of the three routes suits which of your students, with prerequisites and timing written down.
- 03
A first cohort
Rolling enrolment, so students start when they are ready — no September start to wait for.
Serving schools across Nigeria · online, from Ontario, Canada
For families rather than schools: individual students can apply directly.
Real Students. Real Acceptances.
Canada e Academy students earn their Ontario Secondary School Diploma online, then win offers from leading universities across Canada, the UK, Australia and Asia. Every card below is a genuine offer of admission — personal details are redacted to protect student privacy.
Student names, ID numbers and other personal details have been removed to protect our students' privacy.