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Computers for Grace International School.

4/22/2014

A $6000 grant from the Companions in Mission for Publishing and Communication will be used to provide computers for Grace International School. These computers are essential if students are to acquire the skills necessary to successfully navigate today's world. We will start by providing a few computers and then add to them when a permanent, safe location has been constructed. Battery packs for the computers will also be purchased, as electricity is a rare commodity.

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Graceland International School is co-educational and gives girls equality in Education.

4/10/2014

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Educating girls
Among all of the news about education in northern Nigeria, one of the most compelling facts is how social, economic and political factors negatively influence education opportunities for girls. Issues around educating school-aged girls have been widely reported as challenging in many countries, but the numbers in northern Nigeria are eye-opening. For example, in many northern Nigerian states more than 50% of young women ages 15-24 have no experience with formal education - See http:// www.epdc.org/epdc-data-points/schooling-northern- nigeria-challenges-girls-education. Equally disturbing, fewer than two thirds of girls who begin a primary school education actually graduate, and the numbers are even worse for girls who begin their secondary education. While these issues are certainly underscored and made worse by Boko Haram’s kidnapping of over 270 school girls earlier this year, extremist acts do not define the issue – there are many other factors influencing these challenges. For example, in regions where women have a lower social status, many parents opt for early marriage or to send their girls to work in markets rather than to school.
Graceland International School is a co-educational, founded on the principle that girls deserve to have the same opportunities for education as boys.
See http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/may/15/nigeria-girls-education-boko- haram.