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Modupe Adefeso-Olateju on how public-private partners can come together to solve Nigeria’s learning crisis The RISE Podcast
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In this episode, Onyebuchi Ajufo, an advocacy and communications specialist and former Director of Communications and Advocacy at Africa Practice, speaks to Modupe Adefeso-Olateju, Managing Director of Nigeria’s pioneering education partnership organisation, the Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, where she leads the LEARNigeria citizen-led assessment and advocacy programme. They talk about the inspiration for Mo’s work to improve foundational learning in Nigeria; the importance of data for understanding the extent of the crisis, and as a tool to inform policy; and the role of public-private partnerships for improving children’s outcomes. Mo also speaks about Human Capital Africa’s recent call to action for African policymakers to make foundational learning their top priority.
Links
The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre [Website]LEARNigeria Assessment and Advocacy Programme [Website]LEARNigeria Citizen Action Report (2017)‘Access alone has not guaranteed that children are learning in schools’ [Article in Africa Report], Oby Ezekwesili, February 2022Human Capital Africa [Website]‘Human Capital Africa’s Call to Action for Policymakers to Respond to Africa’s Learning Crisis’ [Press Release]Africa Practice [Website]About the RISE Community of Practice [Website]‘Stakeholder Perspectives on Improving Educational Outcomes in Enugu State’ [RISE Insight Note] by Ogwuike and Iheonu‘Mobilising Community Support for Education: Lessons from the Igbajo Community in Nigeria’ [RISE Blog] by Adeniran and Castradori‘Following FACTS to Recover and Revamp Nigeria’s Education System During and Beyond COVID-19’ [RISE Blog] by Obiakor and Adeniran‘Policy Deliberation, Social Contracts, and Education Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Enugu State, Nigeria’ [RISE Insight Note] by Nweke, Ogwuike, and IheonuMore from RISE Nigeria Country Research Team
Guest biographies
Modupe Adefeso-Olateju
Dr. Modupe (Mo) Adefeso-Olateju is a recognised policy expert specialising in public-private collaboration in education and...
In this episode, Onyebuchi Ajufo, an advocacy and communications specialist and former Director of Communications and Advocacy at Africa Practice, speaks to Modupe Adefeso-Olateju, Managing Director of Nigeria’s pioneering education partnership organisation, the Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, where she leads the LEARNigeria citizen-led assessment and advocacy programme. They talk about the inspiration for Mo’s work to improve foundational learning in Nigeria; the importance of data for understanding the extent of the crisis, and as a tool to inform policy; and the role of public-private partnerships for improving children’s outcomes. Mo also speaks about Human Capital Africa’s recent call to action for African policymakers to make foundational learning their top priority.
Links
The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre [Website]LEARNigeria Assessment and Advocacy Programme [Website]LEARNigeria Citizen Action Report (2017)‘Access alone has not guaranteed that children are learning in schools’ [Article in Africa Report], Oby Ezekwesili, February 2022Human Capital Africa [Website]‘Human Capital Africa’s Call to Action for Policymakers to Respond to Africa’s Learning Crisis’ [Press Release]Africa Practice [Website]About the RISE Community of Practice [Website]‘Stakeholder Perspectives on Improving Educational Outcomes in Enugu State’ [RISE Insight Note] by Ogwuike and Iheonu‘Mobilising Community Support for Education: Lessons from the Igbajo Community in Nigeria’ [RISE Blog] by Adeniran and Castradori‘Following FACTS to Recover and Revamp Nigeria’s Education System During and Beyond COVID-19’ [RISE Blog] by Obiakor and Adeniran‘Policy Deliberation, Social Contracts, and Education Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Enugu State, Nigeria’ [RISE Insight Note] by Nweke, Ogwuike, and IheonuMore from RISE Nigeria Country Research Team
Guest biographies
Modupe Adefeso-Olateju
Dr. Modupe (Mo) Adefeso-Olateju is a recognised policy expert specialising in public-private collaboration in education and...
48 min