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World's Largest Lesson Nigeria

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    Description
    Description
    The World’s Largest Lesson is a global project to engage all children in learning about the SDGs and using these as a stimulus for both SDG advocacy and local community action.
    Creative resources and training are provided to teachers and peer educators to enable them to engage children and young people in the Goals and local action.

    World’s Largest Lesson Nigeria in October 2019 aims to deliver mass youth and citizen engagement in the SDGs and accelerate progress towards SDGs 4.7 and 12.8 (education for sustainable development).

    The project includes the following methodologies:
    - Creation of bespoke free teacher training and resources for teaching the SDGs in Nigeria
    - The activation of a volunteer youth network to teach lessons in schools across the country in one week of October 2019
    - The deepening of SDGs learning experience for a smaller number of students invited to take part in after school clubs and generate ideas for local
    community projects. A national challenge to award the best ideas with small grants to bring ideas to life.
    - The leveraging of student experience into a call to action to Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education from 500k children to accelerate the inclusion of
    SDGs learning into Nigeria’s national curriculum so that all students can participate in learning with and for the SDGs.
    - The creation of a Progress Event in which students, teachers and stakeholders join to witness student experience. Within this event stakeholders and
    decision makers will meet to discuss the proposal and identify a plan for move forward.
    - The project is inspired and supported by the World’s Largest Lesson, funded by Avanti Communications and delivered locally by 3 NGOs.

    Evidence of success will be the inclusion of education for sustainable development (including environment, climate change and social justice) either within the formal national curriculum for Nigeria or as part of a formally agreed annual programme of learning outside of core academic time. Eg after school clubs.
    Expected Impact

    Immediate
    500k children engaged in learning about the Goals.
    30k children engaged in after school clubs and local community action projects
    8000 youth and teacher volunteers trained to teach the SDGs using resources contextualised for resources.

    Prolonged Impact
    Progress towards all children in Nigeria being able to participate in education for sustainable development either through formal learning mechanisms or through systemised but informal routes such as National Youth Service programmes.

    Citizen awareness of SDGs and issues of sustainability brought into homes and communities through teaching of young people.

    Partners
    the DEAN Initiative (NGO), Teens Can Code (NGO) Centre for Development Support Initiatives (NGO), Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President SDGs (govt), Federal Ministry of Education (Govt), UNESCO (UN /Multilateral Body) ,UNICEF (UN /Multilateral Body), Avanti Communications (Private Sector) Facebook (Private Sector)

    Goal 4

    Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

    Goal 4

    4.1

    By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes

    4.1.1

    Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex

    4.1.2

    Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)

    4.2

    By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education

    4.2.1

    Proportion of children aged 24–59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex

    4.2.2

    Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex

    4.3

    By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

    4.3.1

    Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex

    4.4

    By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

    4.4.1

    Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

    4.5

    By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
    4.5.1

    Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

    4.6

    By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

    4.6.1

    Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex

    4.7

    By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

    4.7.1

    Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment

    4.a

    Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all

    4.a.1

    Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service

    4.b

    By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    4.b.1

    Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

    4.c

    By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States

    4.c.1

    Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level

    Goal 12

    Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

    Goal 12

    12.1

    Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries

    12.1.1

    Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production

    12.2

    By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources

    12.2.1

    Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

    12.2.2

    Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

    12.3

    By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses

    12.3.1

    (a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index

    12.4

    By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment

    12.4.1
    Number of parties to international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that meet their commitments and obligations in transmitting information as required by each relevant agreement
    12.4.2

    (a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment

    12.5

    By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse

    12.5.1

    National recycling rate, tons of material recycled

    12.6

    Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle

    12.6.1
    Number of companies publishing sustainability reports

    12.7

    Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities

    12.7.1

    Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans

    12.8

    By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature

    12.8.1

    Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment

    12.a

    Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production

    12.a.1

    Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)

    12.b

    Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

    12.b.1

    Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability

    12.c

    Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities

    12.c.1

    Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP

    Name Description
    500,000 children aware of and understanding the importance of SDGs and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
    A plan for the inclusion of SDG learning within the Nigeria National Curriculum
    Financing (in USD)
    100,000 funding towards the implementation for the project (Avanti Communications)
    In-kind contribution
    An awareness raising campaign via Facebook and Instagram to train teachers and invite wider partiipation
    Staff / Technical expertise
    DEAN Initiative bringing expertise in cascaded youth volunteering and campaigns
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Creation of localised learning resources by teachers and curriculum experts from World's Largest Lesson and Global Teacher Prize winners Nigeria.
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    Timeline
    01 March 2019 (start date)
    30 December 2019 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Project Everyone's World's Largest Lesson
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Africa
    Geographical coverage
    London, United Kingdom
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    Contact Information

    Alison Bellwood, Ms