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 […]