After-School STEM Clubs For Girls

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Visiola Foundation’s after-school STEM Clubs For Girls aim to produce the following outcomes: improved attitudes toward STEM fields and careers, while tackling inhibiting gender stereotypes, increased STEM knowledge and skills, evidenced by improved academic performance, increased confidence in studying STEM subjects, Increased number of young women graduating from university with STEM degrees, increased number of women leading successful careers in the STEM fields,increased number of female innovators tackling important challenges to improve socio-economic development in Nigeria and Africa.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

Activity URL

https://www.visiolafoundation.org/after-school-stem-clubs-for-girls/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

FCT Secondary Education Board

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation

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

  • Post-secondary

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

11 - 17

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased test scores

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Increased employment/job-related skills