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Kizazi
Nigeria Enugu State
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What we do
We work through government systems in Enugu State, Nigeria, integrating coaching, supervision, and leadership development to improve foundational learning in primary grades.
The question we are testing with the Fund
How might we adapt government coaching, supervision and school leadership systems to ensure boys and girls learn, participate and progress equitably?
What's new in this work
We know the program improves learning, but not whether girls and boys experience and benefit from it equally. We're first mapping where gender gaps show up in Grades 4–6, then testing gender-responsive teaching built into existing coaching routines, to provide scalable evidence for institutional adoption.
In our words
Our hope is
Rhoda Odigboh, Kizazi
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Our hope at Kizazi is that we understand more deeply how girls and boys in Enugu State, Nigeria experience learning differently. Not from our assumptions, but from what the evidence tells us, and that what we learn helps teachers, school leaders, government systems to build classrooms where every child has a fair opportunity to participate, to learn and to thrive.
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The partnership
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Lead partner
Kizazi
Kizazi will lead the overall coordination and implementation of the GRP research, working closely with the Enugu State Government and CELI to integrate the research activities within existing education delivery and teacher support systems. Kizazi will oversee research design and field implementation, data collection and analysis, stakeholder engagement, and the translation of findings into practical gender-responsive pedagogy, coaching, and supervision tools.
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Collaborating partner
Enugu State Government
The Enugu State Government, through the Ministry of Education and relevant basic education agencies, will provide policy leadership, facilitate access to participating schools and education personnel, and ensure alignment of the GRP research with existing state education priorities and systems. The Government will also support the integration and eventual institutionalisation of promising gender-responsive coaching, supervision, and school leadership practices within the state education system.
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Collaborating partner
Centre for Experiential Learning and Innovation, Enugu State (CELI)
CELI will serve as a technical and professional learning partner, supporting the adaptation of GRP practices to Enugu's experiential learning and teacher professional development systems. CELI will contribute to teacher and coach capacity strengthening, research and learning activities, and the development and refinement of practical tools and approaches that can be embedded within ongoing teacher development and school-support structures.
Who we are
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Rhoda Odigboh
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Ubadire Ike
Head of Programmes
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Srishti Gulati
Senior Research Lead
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Kenneth Osaghae
Programme Lead
The rest of the cohort
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Teaching at the Right Level Africa
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Centre for Girls' Education
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Center for Evidence Synthesis, Support & Development in Africa
How might we integrate peer-assisted learning into existing gender clubs in Oromia to improve foundational learning and retention for girls and boys?
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Girl Child Network
How might we integrate gender clubs with TaRL+ accelerated learning to improve foundational literacy, numeracy, and Grade 6-to-7 transition rates in ASALs?
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Girl Move Academy
How might near-peer mentoring circles contribute to shifts in girls' agency, vocational clarity and gender beliefs, and how might these shifts interact with learning outcomes?