EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Some of the major problems facing the growth of academics/terrible academic performances among secondary school students in rural communities in Nigeria can be attributed to insufficient motivation, interest in their study, indiscipline, low retention, and association with wrong peers, bad teachers among students as well as the effect of unmotivated teachers/access to correct information, quality educational programs and counseling services.

Advocacy visit will be conducted prior to project implementation at different levels (Ministries of education, Social Welfare,) LGA, Schools, communities, Civil Societies religious organizations. They will all be mobilized to support the implementation of the project, support in producing seminar materials or Books. Ultimately, two days workshops per school will be carried out, tailor-made documentaries, film shows, motivational speech deliveries distribution of motivational CDs and videos as well as delivering skills building workshops among secondary school students are part of the activities planned for the project.

A monthly interactive club shall be established in all schools where the programs will be carried out. Trainees will visit schools last week of every month to respond to feed back. A resource website will be developed where student will get materials that were not explored during training. The Project National Committee shall supervise the State Coordinators while the State Coordinators will supervise the Local Government trainees. The Project National Committee shall visit each State randomly for monitoring purposes. Contacts details of all participants at every sensitization shall be collated for follow up. The State Coordinators shall compile monthly reports and send it to the National Office.

The project has received the endorsement and partnership of relevant Government Agencies and will be implemented within three (3) years in Nigeria,using Train- the- Trainer Volunteers who will do presentations around schools. A National Teachers Summit to flagging off the project will be hosted.

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