According to the 2014 National Survey on Violence against Children in Nigeria, one out of every three children has experienced physical violence from their parents and teachers and have come to see this as normal. Although Nigeria was recently mentioned by the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children as one of the “pathfinding countries” that have made commitments to …
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Inside Public Secondary Schools Series: The English Language Struggle!
In Nigeria, English language still remains the official language and medium of instruction and communication in schools but unfortunately, the fall in the standard of education in Nigeria is also evident in the very poor English language proficiency of students in schools. Memes of grammar and spelling errors by secondary school and university students abound on social media. We laugh, …
E4P Out of School Programs (OSPs)
Our Out of School Programs (OSPs) include: Street School Nigeria Initiative: The purpose of this project is to Identify out of school street children, beggars and hawkers and conduct mobile literacy classes. The project will begin with weekly classes on Saturdays and will progress to more classes as funds increase. Because unfortunately, many street beggars and hawkers provide income for …
E4P In-school Programs(ISPs)
Our In-school Programs(ISPs) include: Anti-Violence Campaign(AVC)- Safe School Initiative: This project will involve a combination of strategies that will seek to work with secondary school students in public secondary schools and particularly senior students with the aim of disrupting the ingrained system of bullying and changing the narrative about bullying as “part of school life” among the students. Another initiative …