‘READ-A-THON’ LITERACY PROGRAM — Bamidele Segun
Have you heard about the word ‘Marathon’? What comes into your mind? Now think about ‘Read-a-thon’, can you guess what it’s about? In 2021, I joined the Teach for Nigeria Fellowship. I joined the Fellowship because of my resolve to end education inequity in under-served, under-resourced communities in Nigeria. The vision of the Fellowship is that ‘One day, every Nigerian child shall have equal access to quality education. This vision aligned with mine, so I joined the Fellowship to bring about social impacts and changes more effectively as part of an organization committed to the same goal as myself. I was posted to Ansar-ud-deen Primary School, Imeko-Afon, Ogun State, Nigeria in September 2021. The first thing I did was to conduct a diagnostic assessment to know the understanding level of my learners. Through the test, I was able to know that most of my learners can’t read nor write clearly in English. Some can’t even speak English at all. English is the official language of Nige...