Seven Nigerian and five global options a Nigerian learner is likely to weigh against SchoolRegistry Academy. Every competitor figure below was read from that provider’s own page on 18 September 2026, with the link, and where a page does not mention a feature we say “not listed” rather than guessing. Prices change; check the source before you decide.
Virtual Medical Administrative Support ₦250,000. Pay in full or two payments of ₦100,000, the second three weeks later. Priced in naira, so the fee does not move with the exchange rate. Scholarships and a sponsor route exist.
Virtual Assistant programme
$5 a month All Access fee (or $49 a year)
About $12 for the 10-week programme; ALX describes the fee as access, not tuition, with Mastercard Foundation support
Tech Sales Pro Bootcamp
$200 in full, or $140 upfront (70%) with the balance before graduation
Full payment unlocks priority project reviews, career support and full community access
Virtual Assistant Training
Not published; contact for pricing
Virtual Assistant Masterclass
$1,995 for the online instructor-led course
Self-paced and onsite prices not shown on the page
Soft Skills, Digital Skills and Financial Literacy courses
Free (some courses list a paid certificate)
Courses run two to three hours each
Digital Marketing Automation and Sales (Diploma)
$230 upfront (20% off), or $80 a quarter, or $30 a month
Nine-month programme; tuition quoted in US dollars
Virtual Assistant & Client Support; Accounting & Bookkeeping Principles
Not published; contact a career consultant
Flexible instalment plans and scholarships are mentioned
Google IT Support Professional Certificate
$49 a month subscription after a 7-day trial
Google says most learners finish for under $300; financial aid available
Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate
$39 a month subscription after a 7-day trial (US and Canada pricing)
Coursera estimates about $160 for a typical four-month completion
Included with LinkedIn Premium Career
$39.99 a month or $239.88 a year
Access to the whole video library, not one structured programme
Subscription to 28,000+ courses
From $13 a month (a $9.10 promotion was showing on the day checked)
Individual courses can also be bought one at a time; prices vary by country
Social Media Marketing and other certifications
Free
On-demand training with certification exams
Dollar prices are shown as published; convert at the rate on the day you pay. “Not published” means the provider asks you to contact them for a price.
Twenty-six features across learning, practice, people, career and money. Yes means the provider’s page describes it. Partly means something similar but narrower, explained in the note. Not listed means their page does not mention it, which is not the same as not having it. No appears only where the provider says so.
| Feature | SchoolRegistry Academy | NGALX Africa | NGUtiva | NGJoon Digital Academy | NGThe Knowledge Academy (Nigeria) | NGJobberman Learning | NGAltSchool of Business | NGReTrain Nigeria | GlobalCoursera: Google IT Support | GlobalCoursera: Intuit Academy Bookkeeping | GlobalLinkedIn Learning | GlobalUdemy Personal Plan | GlobalHubSpot Academy |
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| Learning | |||||||||||||
| Short video lessons with captions, transcript and a low-data version | YesMore than a hundred lessons per track, each about ten minutes, captioned, with a low-data file where processing is complete | Yes | PartlyRecordings of the live classes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| A quiz after every lesson that unlocks the next one | YesBest score kept, retries never lower it | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | NoThe page says no exam is provided | PartlyLesson structure shown; assessment detail not described | Not listed | Partly | Yes | Yes | Partly | PartlyCertification-prep practice tests on some courses | YesCertification exam |
| Weekly live class with a tutor | YesOne live session a week per track, on the Academy calendar | PartlyLive events and office hours, not a weekly class | Yes | Not listed | YesOne day of instructor-led training | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Written practical work marked by a tutor, with a revision loop | YesWeekly, with feedback on the task and in your Academy inbox; resubmit after feedback | Not listed | PartlyPortfolio project and feedback | PartlyPractical assignments with feedback over WhatsApp | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| AI study assistant inside the lesson player | YesAnswers academic questions using the lesson context; does not do your assignments | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyAI-powered coding exercises listed | Not listed |
| Practical task boards, personal and team | YesColumns, dependencies, comments and history, like the tools employers use | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Student handbook and a how-it-works note on every page | YesPlus a How-to page for the questions students ask most | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full course introduction lesson, public before you pay | YesTen minutes on the job, the demand, the outcome and the ten weeks, on every course page | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Practice | |||||||||||||
| A job simulator for the track: a fictional workplace with graded actions | YesSix fictional workplaces (Harborline Desk, Brightline Dialer, Harborline Helpdesk, Brightline Office, Brightline Studio, NorthChart), every action logged and graded against the rules of the job | PartlyA “Simulated Client Operations Pack” project, not a graded simulator | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyHands-on labs and troubleshooting exercises, not a workplace simulator | PartlyRealistic customer scenarios inside the course, not a workplace simulator | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Spoken practice calls with voiced characters | YesFictional customers, homeowners and patients who answer, object and hang up in their own voices | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Your own account on a real industry tool | YesSocial Media students schedule a real calendar on AckPost; Bookkeeping students sit the free QuickBooks ProAdvisor course | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyTools taught: Google Analytics, HubSpot, Salesforce, Meta Ads and others | PartlyFree QuickBooks account access on the bookkeeping course | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| A real student email inbox with practice messages and phishing drills | YesYour own address at students.schoolregistry.ng from day one, kept for six months after graduation | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Practicum: timed shifts, a downtime drill, a required handoff, zero critical errors to pass | YesWeeks 9 and 10: six timed shifts, a peer review and a tutor-marked final | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Peer review of another student’s work | YesPart of the practicum marking | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| People | |||||||||||||
| Free advising call before you enrol | YesBook a time from the Academy team’s shared availability | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Support desk that reaches staff, not a chatbot | YesA ticket goes to a person; response tracked | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyInstructor Q&A | Not listed |
| Cohort community and peer mail | YesCohort classes, leaderboard and student-to-student mail inside the Academy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Career | |||||||||||||
| A career-readiness course included | Yes“Getting Hired”: CV, interview and remote-work readiness, included with every track | YesJob Search and Freelance Kit, VA Career Action Plan | PartlyCareer and portfolio support on the full-payment option | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyOptional job-search course | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| A shareable portfolio of your assessed work | YesPrivate by default; share a link when you choose, revoke any time | Not listed | Partly | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Certificate with a public verification ID | YesTwelve-character ID any employer can check on schoolregistry.ng | PartlyCredentials in eHub; verification method not described | YesACTD-accredited diploma with a verifiable credential ID | PartlyCertificate on completion; verification not described | PartlyCertificate of attendance; verification not described | PartlyPaid certificate on some courses | YesAltSchool Diploma, accredited by ASIC | PartlyCertificate on completion; verification not described | YesShareable certificate; ACE credit recommendation; CompTIA A+ prep | YesShareable certificate; Intuit Academy exam prep is US only | PartlyCertificates of completion, not verified credentials | PartlyCertificates of completion | PartlyHubSpot certification badge after an exam |
| Hiring partners and staffing introductions | YesStrong performers are flagged to a staffing partner; partner and referrer programmes exist. No placement promise | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyClient leads shared by mentors | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyPlacement assistance through partners | PartlyEmployer consortium of 150+ US employers accepts applications | PartlyQualifies you to apply to Intuit QuickBooks Live (US) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| No job or income promise | YesWe say so on every page; what stands behind the certificate is your graded record | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Money | |||||||||||||
| Published price in naira, no FX exposure | Yes₦200,000 per track (Virtual Medical Administrative Support ₦250,000) | NoPriced in US dollars | NoPriced in US dollars | Not listed | NoPriced in US dollars | Yes | NoPriced in US dollars | Not listed | NoPriced in US dollars | NoPriced in US dollars | NoPriced in US dollars | NoPriced in US dollars, localised by country | Yes |
| Instalments | YesTwo payments of ₦100,000, the second three weeks later | No | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Scholarships and sponsor-a-student | YesFounder scholarships and a sponsor route where someone else pays part or all of your fee | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | PartlyA separate AltSchool scholarships site exists | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Referral rewards | YesRefer a friend or become a partner referrer | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Listed features | 26 of 26 | 3 yes, 3 partly | 4 yes, 4 partly | 2 yes, 3 partly | 1 yes, 1 partly | 2 yes, 2 partly | 6 yes, 2 partly | 3 yes, 4 partly | 4 yes, 3 partly | 3 yes, 2 partly | 1 yes, 2 partly | 1 yes, 4 partly | 3 yes, 1 partly |
Each competitor row was built from the provider’s own public programme or pricing page on 18 September 2026, linked above. We did not use third-party review sites or our own opinion of a competitor. A blank or “not listed” cell means the page we read did not describe that feature; the provider may offer it elsewhere. If you are one of the providers named here and something is wrong or out of date, write to us from the address on the provider page and we will correct it. Nothing on this page is a promise of a job or an income from any programme, including ours.
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