Introduction
Project “No Excuses” is the initiative of the Ovie Brume Foundation. The overall goal of the project is to mitigate the underlying factors that hinders outstanding public primary and secondary school children from having educational opportunities. The scholarship package covers:
· Health care, which is provided via a reputable health insurance company;
· Nutritional support in form of essential food items provided for the student and his/her family on a quarterly basis;
· Clothing which includes two sets of school uniform and four sets of casual wears on an annual basis;
· Educational resources in form of books and stationary items as required each term; and
· Provision of funds to defray transport fare to and fro school.
Expected Outcomes of Project No Excuses
The expected outcomes from Project “No Excuses’’ are outline below:
· Improved access to education;
· Improved ability to learn;
· Increased access to standard health services;
· Improved nutritional status;
· Completion of primary and secondary school education.
Socio-demographic Description of beneficiaries
4 new beneficiaries were added to the PNE scholarship scheme within the period under review. Two of the senior secondary school beneficiaries who wrote their exams last quarter have dropped from the scheme while 4 new beneficiaries were added to give a total of 15 beneficiaries. There demography is represented in the graph below. They consist of a total of 12 females and 3 males. 4 females are from Senior Secondary School, 3 are from Junior Secondary School and 5 are from Primary School. There are 2 males in Primary School and 1 in Junior Secondary School. The secondary school ages range from 12years to 18years while primary school ages range from 7 years to 12 years.
Quarter Three 2017 Progress Report
All PNE beneficiaries completed their promotional exams during the period under review. They all passed with good grades and proceeded to their next classes. Mohammed and Esther wrote the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and also passed with flying colors. Mohammed is seeking admission into the university to study Engineering while Esther having written and passed the university matriculation exams has gained admission into the University of Benin to study Accounting. Below are their SSCE results.
Esther JAMB and SSCE results.
Mohammed SSCE result.
Quarter three marked the summer holiday period for all students as well as the PNE beneficiaries. Two summer camp programs were organized for youths at the Ovie Brume Foundation Youth Development Centre. The summer camp seeks to productively engage the students during the summer holiday.
Bridging the Gap Summer Camp was targeted at Junior and Senior Secondary School student at the Foundation. The camp featured training in Computer, Make Up, Catering, Tie and dye, Ankara accessories and Sporting activities. The program, which was specifically designed to teach entrepreneurial skills is aimed at ensuring the students have skills which can provide income especially in the current economic situation of the country. With such skills, they can generate income to sponsor them through school. The second category, which was targeted at primary school pupils seeks to provide the pupils the opportunity to identify their innate skills. This will enable the pupils nurture and develop such skills alongside their academic pursuits. The camp featured training in Photography, Arts, Coding and Catering. The summer camps held for 2 weeks with 113 participants among whom were the PNE beneficiaries.
Towards the end of the third quarter, the PNE beneficiaries were provided educational support. They were provided with exercise books and school bags in preparation for the new academic session. Some of the pupils who have submitted their list of textbooks for the session have since been provided with the textbooks.
Follow up visit to the schools and class teachers are scheduled to hold in the next quarter. This is to intimate their respective teachers with the PNE scheme so as to facilitate monitoring sessions for the beneficiaries as well as ensure adequate follow up by the teachers as well.
Limitations
a. PNE beneficiaries are increasingly having accommodation challenges due to recent urban development activities within the state and this has resulted in relocation by some of the beneficiaries.
b. Delay in issuing end of term report cards made it impossible to identify the beneficiaries’ weaknesses so as to work on them during the summer break.
c. There is need to provide transport support to facilitate some of the beneficiaries’ attendance in school. We have been unable to provide this due to limited resources.
d. Beneficiaries’ needs are often overwhelming at the beginning of new academic sessions.
e. The numbers of deserving students for the scholarship scheme keeps increasing by the day as the country’s economic situation worsens, hence the need for more resources to enroll more beneficiaries.
Recommendation
a. Provision of adequate resources to provide the necessary services required by the current beneficiaries as well as accommodate more students in the scheme.
PICTURE / PROFILE / YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TRAINING1 / / Name: Sunday
School: Government College, Victoria Island
Class: JSS 1
Date of Birth: 10th of August, 2003
Age: 14 years / Taekwondo
Creative writing
Boys Empowerment Corner
2 / / Name: Mohammed
School: Awoyaya Primary School
Class: Pry 5
Date of Birth:
Age: years / After School Classed
Creative writing
3 / / Name: Tofunmi
School: Victoria Island Primary School
Class: Pry 6
Date of Birth:
Age : / Computer Training Class
After school Classes
Creative writing
4 / / Name: Maria
School: Victoria Island Senior Secondary school Class: SS 1
Date of Birth: 25th of January 2002
Age:15 years / Taekwondo
Dance and Drama
Creative writing
Music Training Class
Computer Training Class
Girls Empowerment Corner
5 / / Name: Rosemary
School: Victoria Island Senior Secondary School
Class : SS 1
Date of Birth: 20th of August 2002
Age: 15 years / Dance and Drama
Creative writing
Music Training Class
Computer Training Class
Girls Empowerment Corner
Make up Training Class
6 / / Name: Victoria
School: Kuramo Junior Secondary School
Class: JSS 1
Date of Birth: 13th April, 2002
Age: 14 years / Dance and Drama Class
Girls Empowerment Class
Computer Training Class
Taekwondo
Creative writing
7 / / Name: Hannah
School: Kuramo Junior Secondary School
Class: JSS 1
Date of Birth: 17th February 2005
Age: 12 years / Creative writing
Girls Empowerment Class
Computer Training Class
8 / Name: Hasfat
School: Falomo Senior High School
Class: SS 1
Date of birth: 28th of September, 1999
Age: 18 years / Creative writing
Girls Empowerment Corner
Make up Training Class
9 / / Name: Hauwa
School: Falomo Junior High School
Class: JS 3
Date of birth: 23rd of May, 2002
Age:15 years / Creative writing
10 / / Name: Rejoice
School: Kuramo Junior College
Class: JS 3
Date of birth: 23rd of May, 2002
Age:15 years / Creative writing
11 / / Name: Prisca
School: Kuramo Primary School
Class: Pry 5
Date of Birth: 21st May, 2005
Age :12 years / After School Classes
Creative writing class
12 / / Name: Daniel
School: Arch Bishop Taylor Memorial Primary School
Class: Pry 4
Date of Birth: 2nd July, 2008
Age: 8 years / After School classes
13 / / Name: Promise
School: Kuramo Primary School
Class: Pry 3
Date of Birth:
Age: 7 years / After School Classes
14 / / Name: Ikimat
School: Kuramo Primary School
Class: Pry 5
Date of Birth: 21st May, 2005
Age :12 years / After School Classes
Creative writing class