Inside Edge opens one-stop-shop for intending foreign students, others

Inside Edge Consulting, an education consultancy outfit yesterday opened a new office in Lagos, as it bids to deliver international education advisory services, with a focus on United States, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and Canadian colleges and higher institutions.

Located in Dolphin Estate, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, the firm offerings, according to its chief executive, Mrs. Lebari Edo-Ukpong, also includes finding the very best schools with a selection of undergraduate and graduate level programmes, through to completely handling every aspect in compiling and packaging a detailed study visa application for clients.”

They are also involved in giving “bespoke market intelligence and reports to domestic and international institutions that seek to identify opportunities and understand the challenges and risks for their products/services, even as they also carry out training programmes for corporate organisations and scholarship management outfits.”

On why parents and guardians should be wary of the moves they make as it concerns their children and wards, she said, “The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle said this centuries ago. But the same is still true today. The roots of education sprouts for most parents from the moment their children are born and some from school age when they have to start the sometimes arduous process of finding the appropriate school at the right price.

“Parents have to consider programmes, academic level and competitiveness, setting, gender, campus organisation and activities, cost, location, size and atmosphere. It is to provide these and many more bespoke educational services that Inside Edge Ltd, which has been in the education sector in the last decade opened the new office with the primary focus of offering education advisory service to individuals and institutions.”

She added, “For individuals the company provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for students who want to study abroad at any level from primary education to PhD, and assists them to find the best schools to suit their objectives, process their applications and completely handle every aspect in compiling and packaging visa applications, especially for those who wish to study in Africa, Europe and America.

“Inside Edge is able to accomplish these services through partnerships with institutions and organisations in US, UK, Canada, France, Switzerland and Ghana. We live in an ever changing world and Inside Edge has the solution to questions that would enable individuals and institutions be positioned for tomorrow, today,” said Edo-Ukpong, a lawyer who worked as trade development manager at the British High Commission, Lagos advising UK and Nigerian businesses on opportunities for their products and services.