Northern Education Initiative Plus

Making 1million children in Northern Nigeria learn to really read.
NEI Plus is funded by USAID.

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The Northern Education Initiative Plus (@USAIDNEIPlus) of the United States Agency for International Development (@USAID) has increased access to basic education to over 269,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria.

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and 5,600 learning facilitators, 2,690 learners in 5,600 Non-Formal Learning Centers. Join us as we celebrate these unprecedented achievements on May 18th, 2021

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The USAID funded Northern Education Initiative Plus project has for more than five years improved access and reading outcomes in Bauchi and Sokoto states in 2,700 schools for over one million children, built the capacity of 12 thousand teachers in formal schools

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Deadline to apply is May 28th.

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Hurray it’s our National Closeout ceremony. Join us as we celebrate 5years of indelible impact in Nigeria’s Education. Registration link in poster and bio
#NEIPLUS
#USAIDNIGERIA
#Education
#5yearsofimpact

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Happy Anniversary, Creative! 🎉

Today we celebrate 44 years since our founding in 1977, still committed to our collective mission in the pursuit of a better world.

#HappyAnniversary #44YearsYoung

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As a wrap to its 5years of laudable achievement the USAID Northern Education Initiative Plus, cordially invites you to the Sokoto State Grand Closeout on 30th March, 2021.
Follow the link https://t.co/ENILkrMa8x to join online #ProjectCloseout
#Sokoto
#Hausa
#Reading
#Learning

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The Initiative team led by Dr Nurudeen Lawal had successfully completed the handing over of Teaching and Learning Materials written in Igbo Language to the Secretary, Abia State Government on Wednesday March 10, 2021. #education #EarlyGradeReading #Igbo

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Looking for the latest updates from Creative and our projects around the world? Explore the Spring '21 issue of Think Creative magazine, available online now: https://t.co/OrBWhUEoU2

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The Initiative has helped in bridging learning gaps for disadvantaged girls in several communities through Non-Formal Learning Centers(NFLCs) which provides basic Education for out-of-school boys and girls.
#ChooseToChallenge
#iwd2021

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Happy International Women’s Day. #choosetochallenge your perception of women and feminism. #iwd2021

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Happy International Women’s Day
The Initiative celebrates the contribution of women for their vital role of challenging the norm through active supports as educators and provision of systematic guides to early grade learners. #choosetochallenge #choosetochallenge2021 #iwd2021

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The USAID-funded Northern Education Initiative Plus project has developed & distributed early grade reading teaching & learning materials in 3 major local languages in Nigeria: Mu Karanta! Ka Anyi Guo! Je Ka Kawe! We join the world to mark the International Mother Language Day

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“The use of the learner’s home language in the classroom promotes a smooth transition between home and school”. (B. Trudell 2007)
#education #MotherTongueDay #learning #igbo #yoruba #hausa #USAID #usaidnigeria

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Pupils typically enter school with a vocabulary as such as 6000 words in their first language. Building on this vocabulary helps pupils learn to read faster.

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“Building on the first language vocabulary helps pupils learn to read faster”.
This the USAID-funded Northern Education Initiative Plus project has proved true for five years in Bauchi and Sokoto states.

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On #MotherLanguageDay, we highlight the importance of children's education in their mother tongue.

"Big Books" designed by @USAIDNEIPlus are boosting children’s literacy rates, serving as a bridge between their mother tongue, Hausa, and English.

https://t.co/iigQB4hYFv

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Working with partners, NEI Plus provided home-learning for school children in Bauchi and Sokoto states during the COVID-19 lockdown, through an early grade reading instructional radio programs

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“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” – Kate DiCamillo
Encourage a child to read today as the Initiative joins the global community to commemorate the World Read Aloud Day. #Reading #usaid #Education

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