Education
NGO Inducts 280 Fellows For Equitable Universal Education
Teach For Nigeria (TFN), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has inducted over 280 cohorts of fellow teachers who will help to ensure that every Nigerian child has the opportunity to receive quality education.
The induction was done by the NGO as part of the 2021 closing ceremony of its training institutes and the unveiling of its fifth cohort of fellows in Lagos on Saturday.
The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Miss Folawe Omikunle, said that 44,068 graduates registered, 7,927 graduates completed their registrations and 303 accepted the offer based on the fellowship applications received for 2021.
“This five-week training programme was done both in virtual form and physically and the cohort fellows are to resume for the next academic session in September in Ogun.
“We trained them intensively both physically and online and we will place them to teach in underserved schools or schools that lack teachers.
“They are to teach for a two-year period. They are not being recruited as permanent teachers but to provide solutions to challenges occurring in the classrooms or even in the community,” she said.
Omikunle added that the NGO members approached their work in a very unique way whereby they were able to recruit outstanding fresh graduates,young professionals and educators through a highly process of selection.
“We are working toward developing a critical mass of leaders for the education ecosystem.
“Our plan is to get to a level where we will have equitable universal education across Nigeria,” she said.
Omikunle also stated that they were well structured, adding that the new fellows had the support of the existing alumni and fellows who were already in different schools and communities.
“We also have coaches who will be mentoring the new fellows by visiting them in their classrooms, and observing their teaching methods and give us their feedbacks.
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