No Child Left
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FFF's Inclusive Education Project works to ensure every child with a disability — regardless of background — is welcomed, enrolled, and thriving in Lagos State's 44 public inclusive schools.
Education for Every Child
Cooperative Teaching · Lagos State · Nigeria
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Making Schools Truly Open to All Children.
Inclusive education is a process of making education more accessible to all children of school age, irrespective of their socio-economic status, disabilities, race, ethnic or cultural background, or gender.
It is also the process of increasing the participation of students in — and reducing their exclusion from — the curricula, cultures, and communities of local schools. FFF believes no child should be left at home.
Moments from the Classroom
The Cooperative Teaching Method
School Assessment & Mapping
In 2020, FFF mapped all 44 public inclusive schools in Lagos State, identifying critical gaps in special teacher numbers, training, and standard operating procedures.
Cooperative Teaching Manual
FFF developed a 4-year intervention to create a Cooperative Teaching Manual — a guide for collaboration between special and regular teachers in all 44 inclusive schools.
Teacher Capacity Building
Both special and regular teachers are trained in inclusive and cooperative teaching practices to ensure they can effectively support children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms.
CWD Enrolment Drive
FFF partners with DPOs and SBMCs to actively identify and enrol out-of-school children with disabilities in the 44 public inclusive schools across Lagos State.
Monitoring & Inclusion
Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) are engaged to monitor enrolment rates, learning outcomes, and inclusive practices across all project schools on an ongoing basis.
Policy Advocacy
FFF advocates for government support to establish special/inclusive education courses in Lagos State's five tertiary institutions, addressing the chronic shortage of qualified teachers.
Goal, Objectives & Expected Outcomes
Project Goal
Achieve a significant reduction in the population of out-of-school children with disabilities in Lagos State through improvement in the delivery of public inclusive education in all 44 public inclusive schools — targeting completion by 2023.
This aligns directly with UNCRPD Article 24 on the right to inclusive education and SDG Goal 4 on quality education for all.
Key Objectives
Strengthen the capacity of special and regular teachers for cooperative teaching and inclusive practices across all 44 schools.
Develop a Cooperative Teaching Manual to guide and standardise teacher collaboration in inclusive schools.
Facilitate active enrolment of out-of-school children with disabilities in the inclusive schools.
Strengthen DPO involvement in monitoring CWD enrolment, learning outcomes, and inclusive practices.
Advocate for special/inclusive education degree programmes in Lagos State's 5 tertiary education institutions.
Expected Outcomes
Reasonable reduction in the drop-out rate of children with disabilities in inclusive schools.
Standard operating procedures in place across all 44 inclusive schools in Lagos State.
680 or more children with disabilities enrolled in public inclusive schools on an annual basis.
Significant contribution to the attainment of UNCRPD Article 24 and SDG Goal 4.
Target Beneficiaries
This project is designed to deliver direct and indirect benefits across a wide network of stakeholders involved in inclusive education in Lagos State and beyond.
The project will also indirectly benefit the estimated 200,000 out-of-school CWDs in Lagos State, all special and regular teachers employed by the Lagos State government, and state and non-state stakeholders in the education sectors of all 6 Southwest states.
"We Ring the Bell" Campaign
Annual advocacy — in partnership with Liliane Foundation, Netherlands
"We Ring the Bell" — Demanding Access for All
FFF's interest in inclusive education grew from the annual We Ring the Bell (WRTB) awareness and advocacy campaign, conducted in conjunction with Liliane Foundation, Netherlands and partner organisations across Nigeria.
The WRTB campaign recognises that 9 out of 10 children with a disability are not welcome in school — even though countries have mutually agreed that all children, including those with disabilities, should be able to attend. The campaign sounds the alarm bell: all children are welcome to school, including children with a disability.
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Your contribution to FFF's Inclusive Education Project directly enables more children with disabilities to enrol, learn, and flourish alongside their peers in Lagos schools.
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