Delivering Education to Nigeria's Displaced Children

  • P Project/Program

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Key Information

Plan International is working to provide protective learning spaces for children in north-east Nigeria to ensure they have a safe place to be during the day, to offer counselling and support and hope for a brighter future. 

It is often said that we aspire to the level of opportunity available to us. When a child can access education their opportunities expand and their dreams can grow. Yet, around 10.5 million children in Nigeria are currently out of school.

For some, the first day of school never came. Others dropped out because the education system failed them. 

In Nigeria, the majority of out-of-school children live in the north-east, an area that has been historically marginalised and recently devastated by conflict. The impact of the conflict has been profound and the deliberate targeting of schools, teachers and students has eroded an already fragile education system.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

Activity URL

https://plan-international.org/case-studies/delivering-education-to-nigerias-displaced-children/

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Girls out of school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • Displaced/refugee - External (from other countries)
  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)
  • Internal migrants (from other areas of the same country)
  • Migrants from other countries

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness