After-School STEM Clubs For Girls

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Visiola Foundation’s after-school STEM Clubs For Girls aim to produce the following outcomes: improved attitudes toward STEM fields and careers, while tackling inhibiting gender stereotypes, increased STEM knowledge and skills, evidenced by improved academic performance, increased confidence in studying STEM subjects, Increased number of young women graduating from university with STEM degrees, increased number of women leading successful careers in the STEM fields,increased number of female innovators tackling important challenges to improve socio-economic development in Nigeria and Africa.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

Activity URL

https://www.visiolafoundation.org/after-school-stem-clubs-for-girls/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

FCT Secondary Education Board

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • STEM
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

11 - 17

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Educational Technology
  • Digital learning materials/programs
Learning while working
  • Vocational training
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
  • Leadership training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased test scores
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Increased employment/job-related skills