Funmilayo Adeyemi
Step Up Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, says no fewer than 2,000 teachers have been trained in 14 states to integrate anti-corruption education into their curriculum.
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Its Founder, Onyinye Ough, who disclosed this at the launch of anti-corruption education tools in Abuja on Thursday, said the programme was part of the organisation’s efforts to curb corruption in the country.
Ough added that the initiative was part of the organisation’s catch them young programme which targets children between six and 15 years.
According to her, the tools will also promote integrity and transparency among Nigerian youths.
“We’ve produced an array of tools and resources for schools to teach anti-corruption education.
“And we believe that, because there’s been a lot of demand from schools, we keep on getting demand, and not just in Nigeria, but also outside of Nigeria.
“So, we decided that it’s best that we have digital tools where anyone in any part of the world can access our tools.
“This app is like a one-stop shop that has what we’ve produced so far and then some new tools like the comic series,” she said.
Ough added that the organisation had also developed storybooks, comic series, board games, and animations to teach children about corruption and its effects.
She said that apart from training teachers, the organisation’s efforts yielded results, with over 60,000 children reached and several success stories from its youth fellowship programme.
According to her, the advocacy efforts of the organisation has led to the construction of roads, provision of water, and renovation of primary healthcare centres and basic education schools.
Also speaking, the Director of Programmes, Step Up Nigeria, Feranmi Iyanda, said the programme was put in place to build a culture of integrity among school children.
“Our most recent programming is our school integrity certification programme which we are happily launching a website today.
“This will help schools build a culture of integrity. So, we are beefing up their academic integrity, admissions integrity.
“We’re improving their codes of conduct, instilling conflict of interest registers to reduce favoritism and bribery between parents and teachers.
“The idea is to have a holistic influence on the child. So, we’ve created four storybooks, two comic series to help in this direction,” she said. (NAN)
