As Pearson Test of English (PTE) continues to gain increased recognition in the Nigerian market, the PTE Club has been established to remove barriers and ease access to international study and work.
The PTE Club, launched in partnership with Lu Gold Educational Consulting in Lagos, is crucial as Nigerians increasingly pursue international education, work opportunities, and seek greater global mobility.
According to Mrs Eugenia Yeboah, Business Development Specialist at Pearson’s PTE covering West Africa, the demand for reliable and efficient English language proficiency assessments have soared and one of such recognised is Pearson’s exams.
In response to this growing need, the PTE Club has emerged as a community that will help facilitate proficiency tests and help liberalise access to scholarships while promoting other opportunities for prospects and candidates.
She noted that the PTE Club which will pilot with Nigeria will be expanded to other African countries later.
“So we are hoping that we will be able to help many people in Nigeria as possible to get parts of the scholarship opportunities, we also want to assess them on their English language proficiency.”
She also revealed that Nigeria has the cheapest options available ($150) as part of strategy to make the test affordable and accessible.
On his part, Mr Lucuis Gab-Umoden, chief executive at Lu Gold EDC and founder of the PTE Club, added that the community will be beneficial to all ranging from students to teachers to companies and universities.
“The idea was to make it open to all. So students get access to scholarships, teachers get access to accreditation, and schools get access to opportunities including partnerships. This is the benefit of the PTE Club, which we are building around Pearson Test of English.”
Unlike traditional paper-based exams, PTE offers a computer-based format with rapid results, typically available in two days. The assessment evaluates all four language skills – listening, reading, speaking, and writing – in a single, integrated test, and its AI-powered scoring ensures fairness and accuracy for all test takers at all levels.
Accepted by 3500+ of universities globally, PTE exams can be taken by the Nigerian students seeking undergraduate and postgraduate programs in countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition to academic admissions, PTE, the English proficiency test, is recognized by the US State Boards of Nursing for work visas and by UK Higher Education Institutions for degree-level courses.