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iamjane:
Thanks a lot. I've received them.

Hopefully you would be available to answer my questions after studying them.

But meanwhile, each time I approach some persons about running a school, they wave it aside saying the competition is much and that parents take advantage of it by not paying fees. Do you think that's enough reason to be discouraged?

williams20:
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queenprecy:
do u hv partners?

Donpizzle:
miserable lyf? Really.......I am DONPIZZLE, hw kan i b miserable....i kan pay ur boyfrnd monthly salary jst for being my cook...ffffffffffoooooooooolllllllllll....lol

alakara:
kudos to all d schl owners. i started my schl Dis session and God HD been really helpful. just start. u can Start during d long vac hols wt summer lesson and convert it to a ful fledge schl during d new session. look for a new site WHR their is few or no schl.and be fully involved urslf u will just b counting the nos of years later

Abojupupa:
Thanks. My fear is location. someone said something about location being important. I want to know if a school located in a place just developing is ok.

uken73:
I'm also interested in owning and running a school someday. It's in my long term plan & I'm currently working on increasing my capital base and a few other logistics.
From the little of your posts & responses I've read, I understand that;
1. You have a little experience as a teacher (Very Important, but would have been best if you have a management level experience too, like that of a Principal or Vice).
2. You don't have much in terms of Capital.

In my own terms, I would say schools can be started by an Investor or a School Administrator. As an Investor, you have enough money to invest and can hire experts to handle almost everything while you just supervise. An administrator can also have capital, but has reasonable working knowledge of the education system. This knowledge can greatly reduce the amount of money you will spend in setting up. And an administrator can even start so small (even with no capital).

In your case were capital is a challenge, you should consider starting as an after school lesson class. This way, you won't need too much to start and you would gradually build the confidence and goodwill that will encourage people to send their wards to you. To get a quick start, you can start the lessons free even if it's in your backyard. The idea can be itemized as follows;
1. You don't need much to get started.
2. You use the opportunity to build a reputation. If parents realize their wards performances in school improves after sending them for extra lessons with you, they now believe in you and many will be ready to withdraw their wards to join your school when you get started.
3. You can be the only teacher for a start and not need to worry about paying anyone. By the time you have a reasonable number and begin to charge, you can engage others to assist you and pay as little as you can afford.
4. You won't need to bother about registration at this time.

If you are good, in a little while your small extra lesson group grows, you begin to charge, you now have little money that you can begin engaging other hands for assistance and you have a little pool to start you new school from. If your lessons class grows to a good number, you would have learnt a lot and made friends with many parents. Most of these parents would even begin suggest and urge you to start your own school. You share the idea with as many parents and get their feedback. When you see you have many of them encourage and promise to enroll their wards, then you have the confidence to start. By this time, you should have also been able to raise some capital from the little you've done so far. At this time you can also have the confidence to get loan from family & friends. (I won't encourage going for bank loan). Bank loan can be a serious burden. Bank loan can only be reasonable when you are well established with good turnover, unless you have other means of repaying the loan aside from your young school. If you have made many parents happy, you will have a good number that will be willing to assist you. At this stage you can consider renting an apartment (if you don't already have one). And go for one that will be enough for your student population and a little allowance for expansion, and is also at your reach to pay. You will likely be starting with one or two classes, depending on the responses you got from parents. You can continue with the after school lessons for both your new school children and other children from other schools that you don't yet have a class for. And you can grow from there.

I think this is the simplest way to start where you don't have capital. It will require lots of patience and hard work, but if you are good, you'll make it.

PilotOz:
Starting a school requires not just fund, but a high level of deligence, humility and patience... Williams and others have said it all, Start small and grow big. In my area, there's the lady that started 3 yrs ago with just wood and zinc... she started the low cost building as a home lesson where primary school pupils can go on saturdays and during the holiday. And she was equally preparing basic 5 for their common entrance... There was a small free land, and she just rented the space frm the owner. And she started the building.. She's expanding gradually.. And its now a full school with basic 1-5 and kindergattern. There's a small play ground with see-saw and other swings, And this lady is so commited to the work.. she started very small, and nobody thought she will still remain in the business becos the work load was nerve wracking... Now she has staffs... she started with employing SSCE graduates... Just start small... And grow big

kweku8888:
I run a school,so I can give you some tips,dont ever let anyone discourage you from your passion, if really its your passion.

Have an humble beginning, it may look dull and rough at the beginning, but try as much as possible to be involved fully with all your might and sacrifice all you can into it not minding cost, and the skies will be your beginning. goodluck.

queenprecy:
going for an empty land for lease and going for apartment for lease wch one is beta sir?

queenprecy:
thanks happy Sunday. so wch one is long term loan? is a loan dat can stay like how many years?

queenprecy:
thanks very much u r a darling BT wait oo wch one be CAC?

Expressions:
Thanks. This is really educative. I appreciate the posts, please keep them rolling in.

Expressions:
Wow, that was really starting from the rock bottom.

Kindly, at what point or stage did it become necessary to register the school and then also get government approval? I know it varies with states, but what would be the conditions/standards.... and monetary estimate for the registration and approval?

queenprecy:
OK thanks as of nw DAT am not financially stable wat do u advise I do? shld get a loan?

queenprecy:
is it a gud idea to partner wt someone to set up a school?

queenprecy:
@Williams how wl one pay d staff/teachers at d beginning?

queenprecy:
OK wat are d things u do to mk Ur school stand out?

queenprecy:
thanks for reply. pls hw can one convince d parents/guardian n wat are d things one can do to mk her school outstanding?

queenprecy:
wow!!! dats great pls tell me how u started.

queenprecy:
wow hv seen it. dats nice pls pray me oooo so dat my dream wl com true