Non-profit mobilises instructional materials to schools in Northern Nigeria | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
16th November 2019
When public primary schools in some parts of Northern Nigeria resumed last September, a non-profit, Goal Aimers Initiative (GAI) distributed learning materials to them.
GAI didthis under its project named “Groom2Rule”.
This istargeted at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 4, ineradicating poverty and promoting quality education respectively.
The group’s Chief Executive Volunteer, Rahmat Kaboji told EduCeleb.com that the help of volunteers in Kwara, Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano, Taraba, Kebbi States and the Federal Capital Territory made this possible.
Accordingto her, among such materials distributed across the schools were textbooks,notebooks and writing materials for the pupils.
The beneficiaries were in some of the yet to be reached public schools by government and some orphanage homes with such materials.
The group drew the attention of government to the inconducive learning environment where pupils are as well as the insufficiency of teachers in such schools.
It alsonoted the large pupil to teacher ratio in the schools and the lack of teachersin some cases to lead the pupils through learning.
It alsoobserved that instructional materials were not readily available. Pupils wouldalso resort to open defecation with the unavailability of toilet facilities andwanted government to act on these.