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By 2050, 40% of the world’s population will be African, with a significant portion of that number being Nigerian.
Currently, over 18 million children are out of school in Nigeria, which is a concerning statistic. In 25 years, many of these children will be part of the 25-30 age group, but if they remain uneducated, will they be able to perform even the most basic tasks?
What will the future hold for work, government, and the economy? Will organizations be able to hire skilled workers? Can hospitals find qualified doctors? And what quality of teachers will be available to educate our children?
This is why we have started a free school that provides children with holistic and quality education, empowering them to solve global challenges.
Our innovation consists of three important phases:
1. Access: We enroll out-of-school children living in low-income communities whose parents earn less than $10 a month. We provide comprehensive academic support, including school uniforms, textbooks, meals, transportation, and everything a child needs to thrive in school, all at no cost.
2. Problem-Based Learning: Through our problem-based learning model, we teach our students to identify issues in their communities and develop practical solutions to address these problems. These solutions include climate change, electricity, waste, and environmental sanitation etc.
3. Vocational and Life Skills: In our mission to empower children to uplift their communities from poverty, we educate them on vocational skills such as bead making, hairdressing, and fashion designing. These entrepreneurial skills can be utilized beyond school to help lift their families from poverty.
Additionally, we provide training in life and leadership skills, including emotional intelligence and creative thinking.
These services and skills are taught to the children from Monday to Friday.
Our free school started in 2023, and in the past two years, our innovation has impacted over 80 out-of-school children, supported more than 100 families, and designed over 40 solutions.
1. Identify the children who are unable to afford school in lower income communities
2. Setup up a school structure and enroll them
3. Hire qualified teacher
4. Add problem based learning to the curriculum.
5. Each term have each class design solution that adresses a problem in their communities.
6. Have leadership and vocational classes once-twice a week with the kids
