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NEI Plus retreat fosters unity amongst staff
The management of Northern Education Initiative Plus with support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the first time, brought together all 109 staff members of the project to attend a three-day team building retreat at the Whispering Palms, Badagry, Lagos State. The retreat which held from January 8-11, 2019 was an opportunity for all staff members
Sokoto flags off state funded distribution of USAID reading materials to pupils
In meeting the commitment to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support basic education, the Government of Sokoto state launched the distribution of early grade reading materials worth $270,000 to schools across 10 local government areas in Sokoto state. The Executive Governor of Sokoto state Aminu Waziri Tambuwal flagged off distribution
Celebrating 16 Days of Activism
In Abuja, during a two-day technical review meeting from December 3-4, 2018, staff of the USAID Northern Education Initiative Plus joined in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world. They marked the occasion with a touch of orange and watched a movie enlightening everyone about the effects
NEI Plus Local Government Coordinators develop action plan for PY4
A three-day training for the Initiative’s Access and Reading Coordinators on program management held in Kano from November 13-15, 2018. The training deepened the understanding of the 20 local government coordinators on their roles and responsibilities towards sustaining the Initiative’s activities at local government and community levels in Year 4. It was also an opportunity for project management led by
Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference highlights USAID-funded Northern Education Initiative Plus
ABUJA – Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference brought together experts, advocates, international partners and policy implementers to discuss emerging issues affecting the quality of basic education in the country. The conference – themed “Education for Self-Reliance” – included a panel highlighting work from the Northern Education Initiative Plus project, funded by U.S Agency for International Development and implemented by Creative Associates International and
Process for National Reading Framework begins in Nigeria
Key education officials and experts from the Nigerian government have begun the process of developing a national reading framework for Nigeria. The U.S Agency for International Development’s Northern Education Initiative Plus is supporting the Federal Ministry of Education through one of its agency, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, to pioneer efforts that provide a blueprint for implementing early
USAID-trained teacher transforms lives in rural Nigeria
By Boco Edet Abdul SOKOTO – Thirty-one-year-old Ezedike Nwabueze Fredrick walks down a narrow path to the school building and turns to wave at a group of women who greet him in Hausa as the “teacher that owns the school.” Fredrick smiles, asks one of the mothers about her son who was absent from school the day before and promises
Northern Education Initiative Plus attends LEARNigeria’s education assessment report launch
The Northern Education Initiative Plus will participate in the launch of the 2017/18 LEARNigeria Preliminary Report in Abuja on Thursday, May 17, 2018. LEARNigeria was established to tackle dissatisfaction with outcomes of the education sector in Nigeria. The project was formally launched by The Education Partnership (TEP) and Every Nigerian Child Project (ENCP) at the Nigerian Education Summit held in
Local governments sustain Reading program in Nigeria
SOKOTO, Nigeria- Not daunted by the challenge of meagre budget releases for school management, Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) in Sokoto state are sponsoring teacher professional development on Early Grade Reading (EGR). Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Northern Education Initiative Plus project in 2016 introduced an EGR program based on global best practices called Mu Karanta!
Communities mobilize resources to support education in Nigeria
By Boco Edet Abdul BAUCHI, Nigeria- Seven-year old Binta Muhammad is from a very poor home in Darazo local government area of Bauchi State of Northern Nigeria. Her parents can hardly afford to feed their very large family of eighteen children many of whom have no formal education. Poverty is a major barrier to access to education in Northern Nigerian
