The Education Crisis
The broken education and poor social system make it difficult for children in Nigeria to receive an excellent education.
In Nigeria, where half the population is under 19, 56% of school students lack basic numeracy and literacy skills.
Most students don’t have the social-emotional skills needed to navigate life and access job opportunities.
Teachers in schools don’t have the support they need to drive academic and non-academic excellence.
Poor learning outcomes contribute to poverty and slow the overall development of a country.
Our Vision
One day, every Nigerian child will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
Our Theory of Change
Meaningful change happens when we cultivate a collective force of leaders. Driven by the vision of an equitable Nigeria that helps every citizen to realize their full potential, our leaders choose education as the path to get there.
20,000 Leaders
Over the next decade, we aim to build a movement of 20,000 leaders. They’ll work closely with local communities to transform the lives of 1,000,000 children a year throughout Nigeria.
Our Impact
Our students, fellows and alumni have a huge impact.
Join the TFN Fellowship
Teach Today,
Shape Tomorrow:
Your Leadership Matters Now!
Embark on a transformative journey with Teach For Nigeria, where teaching becomes the cornerstone of shaping tomorrow and your leadership is the key to moulding the future of our nation. One child, one classroom at a time.
The Teach for Nigeria fellowship program is a two-year, full-time, paid commitment that’s designed to build a movement of leaders who’ll work towards eliminating educational inequity in Nigeria.
Find your purpose
Develop an awareness of how poverty and inequity impacts children in Nigeria; and your role in it.
Become a leader
Build concrete leadership skills such as stakeholder management, planning, envisioning, execution and reflection in challenging environments
Join our movement
Become part of a movement of 1000+ Fellows across Nigeria and countless more globally and find lifelong partners in this work.
Drive change
Don't just talk about the Nigeria you envision. Build a Nigeria free of poverty and filled with peace and security
Programs
While Teach for Nigeria’s core program is the two-year fellowship, we also run a number of other programs.
Pre-Service Training Institute
Our pre-service training Institute is a six-week intensive hybrid training that prepares prospective fellows for their two-year leadership journey. The training focuses on 21st-century teaching pedagogy, leadership, and entrepreneurship, equipping fellows with the tools they need to succeed in their placement schools and communities.
Incubation Hub Program
Our Incubation Hub is designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs looking to build and scale impactful education organisations. The program exposes participants to bespoke business and entrepreneurship training and provides cash grants to outstanding initiatives annually.
School Leadership Development Program
Our school leadership development initiative is an eight-month leadership and management training program for school leaders and education officers. This program equips participants with the necessary skills and mindset to champion the cause of educational equity in Nigeria.
TFNx
TFNx aims to scale Teach for Nigeria’s impact through a network model that supports entrepreneurs across Nigeria who aspire to launch their own contextualised versions of Teach for Nigeria’s fellowship to serve more children in their community. It hinges on our 10-year vision to develop a movement of 10,000 leaders who will impact one million children annually.
Radio School Program
The radio school program is a complementary, foundational learning platform for pre-primary and primary students, designed to provide quality educational, interactive and fun content via radio.
Alumni Movement
We build an alumni movement to accelerate collective impact. Our alumni build on their classroom teaching experience to drive long-term systemic changes within the education sector and beyond. So far, we have developed a movement of 835 alumni members.
Continuous Professional Development For Teachers
We support government and private organizations to help public school teachers develop their leadership skills and pedagogical expertise. Our training includes digital skills, classroom management, vision and planning.
Stakeholders Engagement
We prioritise visiting classrooms and communities to listen to feedback from our stakeholders – students, parents, community leaders, and government officials- who provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of our programs. Through these engagements, we communicate expectations with our stakeholders and make any necessary changes to our programs.
Our Partners
What Our Fellows Our Teachers Our Communities are Saying
Our efforts to reduce educational inequity are driving transformation in the lives of our fellows and students, improving schools and communities.
"The fellows posted to my school have shown outstanding teaching skills, which have positively impacted the lives of the students. They possess the ultimate ‘can do’ attitude, taking on all tasks with positive energy and a smile.”
“Within a short time, Constant Basset has endeared himself, not only to the pupils, but also to the parents. I’ve worked with many fellows from Teach for Nigeria, and each of them was unique and passionate about improving the quality of education.”
"My journey into the Teach For Nigeria Fellowship was inspired by the Fellow I met back then in 2019. I saw something different in her classroom, teaching methods and pupils, and I wanted it in my class too.”
‘I am motivated by the desire to ensure that everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live, have the opportunity to succeed and live a better life.”
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