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The Nigerian elections: highlighting girls’ education

Posted on 20 April 2011 by RESULTS UK| Leave a comment

Map of West AfricaRESULTS is highly interested in the issue of access to education for girls in West Africa. The West and Central Africa region contains nearly 35% of the world’s out of school children – over 8 million in one country, Nigeria, alone – and we have been closely involved with efforts to improve the lot of Nigeria’s schoolchildren over the last year. With the Nigerian elections for President, Parliament and Governorships currently under way, it is timely to look into how this crucial issue is being addressed by civil society organisations throughout the country. Continue reading →

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More parliamentary answers on education in Nigeria

Posted on 26 January 2011 by RESULTS UK| Leave a comment

Alison McGovern MP asks a questionTwo weeks ago we reported that several MPs tabled parliamentary questions on the UK government’s support for education in Nigeria in response to a breakfast meeting hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education for All. Over the last two weeks responses have been coming through, and they paint an interesting and encouraging picture. Continue reading →

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Nigeria High Commissioner joins MPs to debate education in Nigeria

Posted on 16 December 2010 by RESULTS UK| 2 Comments
Speakers at the APPG event

Speakers at the APPG event

On Wednesday RESULTS joined  the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Global Education for All and on Nigeria to bring together education experts from various organisations across the globe to discuss ‘Engaging the Community in Delivering Education for All: The Case of Nigeria’.  Nigeria is the country with the largest number of out of school children in the world – over 8 million at the last count – and faces significant problems in the education sector. The meeting intended to investigate how the UK is supporting education in Nigeria at present, particularly through ensuring that local communities are engaged with schools and how this could be extended and/or improved in the future. Continue reading →

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Meet the new RESULTS UK Education Associate

Posted on 22 September 2010 by RESULTS UK| Leave a comment

margaret at workMy name is Margaret Ya’u, a Commonwealth Professional Fellow currently in the UK on a placement with Results UK for three months. In Nigeria I work with Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All (CSACEFA) as the programme manager. CSACEFA is an Education coalition of civil societies/NGOs in Nigeria that is working in the area of education, seeking to influence policy issues through advocacy and work to promote involvement and participation of stakeholders in the provision of good quality education to its citizenry. It also works to strengthen the capacity of CSOs/NGOs in effective engagement with the government and the general public in education service delivery. CSACEFA started in year 2000 with an initial forty member organisations coming together to form the coalition, the membership has since grown to over 450 member organisations. Continue reading →

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