Education for Street Children in Nigeria

Proposal for the Establishment of ‘Education for Street Children in Nigeria’

Summary

Education for Street Children in Nigeria will be an ‘Intervention Project’ that will focus on providing free quality education to the out of school children in Nigeria. The project’s aim shall be to provide free quality education to the displaced children who have lost their parents for reason of death or separation as a result of Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast, Fulani Herdsmen–famers clash in the Middle-Belt and other communal, tribal and ethno-religious crises in other parts of Nigeria. The project will be registered as a charity with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

The Problem

Nigeria is a heterogeneous society with different religions, ethnicity and tribes. In the recent times, religious intolerance, tribal and ethnic differences and social injustice as a result of bad governance have caused conflicts such as: Boko Haram insurgency, Fulani herdsmen-farmers clash and other inter-tribal and ethno-religious crises in different parts of the country, especially in the Northeast and the Middle-Belt. These crises have led to so many children being displaced by reason of death of their parents and loss of contacts, and as a result they have lost access to education. Some of these children have turned to street beggars, while some have gone into hawking with a view to getting means of livelihood, and all these make them more vulnerable as so many of them have experienced abuse of different types and degrees from some wicked persons.  About four years ago, the United Nations Education and Children Fund (UNICEF) revealed that over 10 million Nigerian children are out of school; which is the world’s highest number. “In north-eastern Nigeria, conflict has deprived many children of access to education. Teachers have been killed and schools burned down or closed for security reasons.”

The Solution

The idea of ‘Education for Street Children in Nigeria’ is to give free quality education to some of these children that have been displaced and affected by these crises, who without this kind of initiative may not have access to education. The project shall have both Primary and secondary sections where the children will be equipped with academic knowledge in line with the government approved curriculum for primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. Upon their graduation from secondary schools, our plan is to sponsor their tertiary education. We will partner with some reputable private and government schools where the pupils and students upon completing the approved education curriculum will write their common entrance examination and the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) which are prerequisite for tertiary education in Nigeria.

Our Vision

Our vision is to transform some of the displaced children in Nigeria with academic knowledge through free quality education so they become agents of change in the society.

Our Mission 

Our mission is to give free quality education to some of the displaced children in different parts of Nigeria. 

Objectives of the Project

The main objectives of the project are:  

1.                   To contribute to reducing the rate of out of school children in Nigeria.

2.                   To contribute to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly goals 4 and 5 that aim at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all, and Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls .

3.                   To equip the displaced children with academic knowledge that will bring out the potentials in them, thereby transforming them into agents of change in the society.
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