Learning Access & Retention Programme

What it does

We find children who are out of school and bring them back. Where a child has missed too much to simply rejoin their year group, we run a catch-up learning block first so they can be placed at the right level.

We then cover school fees and levies, uniform, books and examination costs, and we follow up every term to confirm the child is actually attending, by physical visit, not by administrative record alone.

Who it is for

Displaced and indigent children who have never attended school, who have dropped out, or who are enrolled but at risk of leaving for reasons of cost, distance, caring duties or menstrual health.

Support for girls to remain in school, the work we have run as Pad A Girl, sits inside this programme.

What success looks like

The child is still in school at the end of the academic year and progresses to the next grade, not simply that a fee was paid.

Where it operates

Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State (Keffi), within the corridor where the Foundation already works. Delivery locations are confirmed with each partner school before a cohort opens.

How it is delivered

Through written partnership agreements with schools, including Covenant Academy from September 2026, and with state education authorities for placement recognition.

How this programme is measured

Outputs: children assessed, enrolled or re-enrolled; terms of support delivered.

Outcomes: retention to the end of the academic year; attendance above threshold; transition to the next grade; girls retained across the year.

All indicators are disaggregated by sex, displacement status, disability and age group.