Oando Foundation Enrolls 5,162 Out-of-School Children

A caller study from the Oando Foundation highlighted the occurrence of its acquisition program, which enrolled implicit 5,162 out-of-school children into the ceremonial schoolhouse strategy and provided implicit 2,000 back-to-school kits to easiness their transition.

Oando Foundation launched 2 reports highlighting the interaction of Early Grade Reading (EGR) and Teaching astatine the Right Level (TaRL) interventions successful strengthening literacy and numeracy outcomes crossed nationalist superior schools successful Ebonyi, Plateau, Sokoto, and Adamawa States.

The reports, unveiled astatine a dissemination store held successful Abuja, travel the palmy completion of the aviator signifier of its Foundational Learning Improvement Programme (LEARNOVATE–FLIP).

Speaking connected the initiative, caput of Oando Foundation, Tonia Uduimoh highlighted the urgency of Nigeria’s learning situation and reaffirmed the request to standard proven interventions similar EGR and TaRL to thrust systemic change.

She said, “for years, the statistic astir foundational learning successful Nigeria person been sobering. In response, Oando Foundation launched FLIP crossed 4 states, utilizing a mixed-methods attack that combined preventive and remedial interventions to fortify literacy and numeracy skills among pupils.

“Over the people of implementation, FLIP has built teacher capacity, enhanced schoolhouse enactment systems, deployed culturally applicable appraisal tools, and tested scalable, evidence-based approaches to amended learning outcomes. Most importantly, it has shown that Nigeria tin tackle its learning situation done innovation, collaboration, and assemblage ownership.”

Uduimoh added that “as a Foundation, we stay profoundly committed to advancing these solutions, moving with government, partners and different backstage assemblage actors to prolong and standard proven models similar Early Grade Reading and Teaching astatine the Right Level and ensuring that our efforts construe into lasting systemic change. By launching these task reports, we purpose to signifier strategies for argumentation integration, financing, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and assemblage engagement that volition guarantee continuity and semipermanent impact.”

Also, member, Board of Trustees, Oando Foundation, Dr. Feese Nguyan said, “the fig of children that are retired of school, and those successful schoolhouse but not learning, shows that determination is inactive overmuch to beryllium done to springiness each kid a just accidental astatine education. I commend our authorities and improvement partners for their committedness to this enactment and for walking this travel with us.

“For the Oando Foundation, initiatives similar LEARNOVATE–FLIP bespeak our ngo to fortify the capableness of teachers and nationalist acquisition systems, and to present existent improvements successful learning outcomes. This aviator is lone the beginning, and we stay committed to scaling these solutions to guarantee lasting interaction for children crossed Nigeria.”

Director, Basic Education, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Folake Olatunji-David stated that “education is 1 of the cardinal pillars of nationalist improvement and the bedrock of each progress. Without a beardown grasp of literacy and numeracy, the imaginable of our children to thrive is limited.”

Since its inception successful 2011, Oando Foundation has demonstrated a beardown committedness to improving entree to prime acquisition and driving innovative solutions for sustainable learning outcomes.