Written by Gbenga Quadri Nigeria with it diverse cultures and tribes has been referred to as “the giant of Africa”. A cliché that has been drummed into my subconscious from my formative years till now. The Nigerian educational system, handed over to us by the British, used to be a standard other African country aspired […]

Written by Funmi Morakinyo “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth (children)” – Diogenes of Sinope Education is vital to the development of every state; it is the crux of development, civilization and modernization. In spite of its importance, millions of children all over the world are deprived of access to […]

LEARNigeria is a citizen-led assessment (CLA) aimed at testing the literacy and numeracy level of children between 5-15 years old. The survey was initially piloted in two local governments (LGAs); one in Ikorodu, Lagos state and the other in Ungogo, Kano state. Following the successful pilot of the assessment the project was scaled up and […]

As a result of the key findings from the evidence generated by the 2017 LEARNigeria citizen-led household assessment survey, it was important to give feedback to the communities on the data collected. The LEARNigeria community engagement and advocacy programme was held in September 2018 across the six states (Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Kano, Lagos, Plateau, and […]

LEARNigeria is a citizen-led household survey of learning in Nigeria. An acronym for “Let’s Engage, Assess & Report Nigeria”, the programme is aimed at generating evidence on the foundational numeracy and literacy skills of Nigerian children. The data generated will be used to strengthen education policy making and equip a wide array of education sector […]

As part of the survey and test development processes for the LEARNigeria assessment, a pre-test exercise was conducted in five (5) states – Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Plateau, Ebonyi and Taraba. The first round of pre-tests was held in these states but the second round was carried out in only Plateau and Ebonyi states respectively. A […]

A lack of accountability at all levels of the education management continuum has been identified as one of the major factors hindering the improvement of learning in Nigeria’s education system. This was disclosed at the preliminary report launch of the country’s first citizen-led, household assessment survey in Abuja. This report is a major milestone for […]

Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, faces a number of attendant challenges in the education sector. Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in Sub-Saharan Africa and largest gap in teacher recruitment. In addition, many children who have finished six years of primary education do not have the basic literacy and numeracy skills. […]

The People’s Action for Learning (PAL) Network is a partnership of member countries working across three continents – Africa, Asia and Central America, to assess the basic reading and numeracy competencies of children, in their homes, through regular citizen-led assessments. PAL Network firmly believes that citizen-led, household assessments of basic reading and numeracy competencies are […]