I.Q.R.A intends to bring “Mentors” and “Tutors” on the team.

To achieve its goal of ensuring primary education, the foundation is  exploring new areas to help Nigerian students.

In addition to providing scholarship aid to qualified students, the foundation hopes to engage mentors and tutors for the students in order to improve the passing rates of students starting with the graduating class of 2012.    

This approach will involve the use of college prepared individuals to train and motivate primary and secondary school students as they prepare for their graduating or transitioning exams. The students selected for the tutoring classes will be evaluated on a case by case basis. The tutoring sessions will focus on major subjects for these exams, particularly Maths and English. For students seating for the JAMB exams (university entry exam),  the subjects to be taken by the students will be incorporated into the sessions.

More so, for the JAMB students, an inclusion criteria to be eligible for tutoring would be a successful completion of the SSCE exam using the foundations’ tutors.

Mentors will be provided to some students to provide moral support and counseling.

Limitations-Tutoring sites (students from different schools), evaluation of tutors, and finding mentors.

N.B: Just in case you have any idea on how the foundation can overcome these limitations, please do not hesitate to email us at iq2ra.f@gmail.com. Or leave a comment on this post. All your efforts are very much appreciated!

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I.Q.R.A. "It's All In The Name"

About Us:

Welcome to IQRA. If you're visiting this blog space, we'll assume that you are interested in being a part of real literacy change for Africa and beyond. Unlike most organizations, IQRA's genesis is a direct result of Africa's immediate need for educational reform. To this effect, I.Q.R.A. formally stands for "Invest in the Quest to Reform Africa". As implied in the name, IQRA explicitly calls everyone and anyone who is in the slightest way concerned about the stunted growth anticipated and already being experienced in Africa due to poor and ineffective educational standards. Starting with Nigeria, IQRA aims to ensure that in the long run each and every child in Africa recieves a globally sound education.

Objective:
To develop a community based alliance that will involve using available resources to provide primary education to every child. IQRA’s mission is to ensure that by the year 2020, most if not all of every child in Nigeria; West Africa has the opportunity to primary education by educating parents, providing funds for graduating students and a long term goal of funding a child’s entire education

About the Founder :
Hailing from humble beginnings, Aishat Adeniji knows first hand the impact of quality education. While education is not the only road to success, she profoundly believes that it is one of the most stable paths to achieving one's dreams. Aishat Adeniji is a Registered Nurse, currently working on a Master's degree and simultaneously investing uncountable hours in ensuring that  I.Q.R.A. fulfills its original purpose. Ms. Adeniji does not "believe in having a fat bank account when there are numerous bright minds out there being deprived of reaching their full potentials due to a flawed educational system". Drawing upon her home country, Nigeria as a case study, Aisha observes that even the smallest contrbution (i.e. donation of books, pens, pencils) can be the difference between an educated child and an uneducated one.