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CENSENSS is working to build vibrant and
tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. We are
working to advance equal access to quality education for all Rural Nigerians. Our
The Education Support Program will work to make the right to education
meaningful by combating inequality and discrimination in education in the rural
areas and exposing structural inequalities that reproduce education
disadvantage and exclusion.
UNFORTUNATELY
As Nigerians
struggle to tame the psycho-social beast known as corruption, we have particularly beamed the searchlight on the behavior of public officials (civil
servants, military and police personnel, elected officials etc.) and former
public officials, contractors, business associates of public officials and
families of public officials. However, one sector of society that has escaped
the penetrating searchlight is education. The educational sector seems to
escape critical observation regarding the conduct of educational bureaucrats,
administrators of various educational institutions and the faculty. Therefore,
the war on corruption cannot be won without making a determined effort to purge
the educational sector of the psycho-social beast. It appears that there
is a symbiotic relationship between the educational culture and the psycho-social and political culture of the society at large. What happens
to society at large affects the educational sector and whatever happens in the
educational sector affects the society at large. Those in the educational
sector learn and adopt predominant values generated by society at large and the
society at large learns and adopts predominant values generated by the
educational sector.
WE ARE AWARE
THAT....
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Education is
the cornerstone of open societies. It lays the groundwork for the future
direction of people’s lives and the societies they live in. It is a fundamental
human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights and for
social, political, and economic participation.
Most countries
have laws requiring children to attend school particularly in the rural areas and
constitutional guarantees the right to education. Yet this right is threatened
through exclusion, segregation, corruption, weak education policies, and
insufficient accountability of governments and education providers. This Education
Support Program and Initiative is directed to work in all Rural Communities in
Nigeria. This is intended to make the right to education meaningful and seeks
to enable and promote through grant-making, advocacy, and programmatic
efforts—quality education for all.
WE ARE WORKING
TOWARD:
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Identify and
amplify compelling, socially just, evidence-based ideas advancing the right to
education in the Rural Area;
Support strong Rural
Institutions with good governance who can deliver these ideas;
Back social
mobilization and strategic litigation to demand accountability among education
actors;
Convene
education actors, often with divergent views, such as community organizations,
unions, international organizations, government ministries, private education
providers, and enable an informed and purposeful debate; and
Support and
nurture education reform and highlight best practice examples to others in the
education field.
Managing
Consultant;
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