NSIA Team Visits Bridge School to Assess Teaching, Learning

Funmi Ogundare

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) portfolio team, recently visited one of the Bridge low income community schools to assess impact and observe teaching and learning.
During the visit, the NSIA team witnessed the effective teaching methodology used by Bridge teachers to help improve learning gains.
Bridge Nigeria leverages technology to deliver life changing education; efficient monitoring and evaluation programmes for teachers and pupils performance. Bridge knows when teachers are in classrooms, when lessons are delivering results.
The NSIA team also had the opportunity to examine the teachers’ tablets, books, character boards and other items used to facilitate the learning process.
Earlier, the Managing Director of the organisation, Mr. Uche Orji emphasised on its investment in Bridge Nigeria, saying it has help to provide access to high quality education for children from low income homes.
According to him, “our investment in Bridge Academies delivers high quality education to children from low-income homes. This is a fantastic programme.”
Speaking with journalists on the performance of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund in 2020, he noted that Bridge was helping children from poor families in Lagos to learn, improve access to quality education and provide the best overall learning attainment.
In her remarks, the Managing Director, Bridge Nigeria, Ms Foyinsola Akinjayeju, noted that Bridge welcomes collaborations that would further deepen the access to life changing education programmes and improve learning outcomes among pupils.
“Bridge Nigeria is a network of nursery and primary schools in underserved communities in Lagos and Osun State, creating opportunities for children to grow. For consecutive years, Bridge pupils have performed exceptionally well in the national common entrance examination, surpassing each year’s best scores and gaining admission into top schools across the country, “she stressed.