SA’s Nova to build Sh400m primary school at Tatu City

The site of the Nova Pioneer’s new school. File photo |nmg

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  • Nova Pioneer says it expects to admit 160 students in January 2018 with the first intake consisting of Standard One and Two pupils.

Nova Pioneer, formerly Nova Academies, will next month break ground for a Sh400 million primary school within Tatu City, as the South Africa-based firm grows its offering which currently consists of two high schools.

The private school chain, which is associated with former Alliance High School principal Christopher Khaemba, says it expects to admit 160 students in January 2018 with the first intake consisting of Standard One and Two pupils.

Parents will part with Sh65,000 per term for their day-scholar children to attend the school which adheres to the 8-4-4 system but promises to produce critical and creative learners who are not just drilled to pass examinations.

“We have received a majority of the approvals required and we expect that we shall break ground for the project in a few weeks and complete in December,” Oliver Sabot, Nova Pioneer’s managing director, said in an interview.

“We shall also have a kindergarten at the same location. Every year, we shall admit more pupils in upper classes. Our target is to have 800 learners in primary and kindergarten levels.”

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