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Bridge International Academies highlights the importance of educating girls this World Population Day


Bridge Nigeria pupil in class

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bridge International Academies is drawing attention to the urgency of educating African girls this World Population Day (11th July) – the first time Sub–Saharan Africa will have the largest population of children on the planet.

The schools network, which includes Bridge Kenya, Bridge Nigeria and Bridge Uganda, supports children and parents in underserved communities by providing an excellent education.

This World Population Day focuses on the theme of "gender equality and women's empowerment as a key factor in reducing poverty.'

Reuben Wambugu, Bridge Group Managing Director, said, "By 2050 Africa and Asia will be home to 85% of the world's young people, with the larger proportion in Africa. Currently, only 10% of children in sub–Saharan Africa are able to read a simple sentence by the age of 10. If these young people aren't provided with an adequate education, there will be a global shortage of scientists, doctors and engineers. This could lead to a range of possible global catastrophes. Educating women and girls has proved particularly effective in reducing poverty on a local level in the short term. And with the children of educated women shown to be healthier and better educated, this leads to faster and sustained poverty reduction through generations.

He continued, "While Bridge has seen fantastic improvements in learning outcomes for all those attending our schools, it is particularly heartening that Bridge's methodology has succeeded in achieving gender parity in the classroom. A new study by Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Michael Kremer in our Bridge Kenya schools confirms this, finding girls make the same leaps in learning as boys."

Speaking on the success of Bridge's methods, Bridge Nigeria Managing Director Foyinsola Akinjayeju said, "Bridge's model focuses on arming teachers with scientifically proven techniques to elevate the learning of girls. Through approaches, such as gender sensitive instruction in lesson and textbook materials, expecting equal participation through "cold calling' of boys and girls in the classroom and the use of female school leaders as role models, girls are empowered to succeed. By pushing this approach and the importance of women's empowerment, Bridge Nigeria alone has provided a life–changing education to tens of thousands of girls in underserved communities, helping them complete primary school, do well in secondary school and open up opportunities offering prosperity and success."

To learn more about the Bridge methodology – visit their website here.

You can reach out to Bridge International Academies at info@bridgeinternationalacademies.com

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Neue Studie zu Online-Glücksspiel zeigt Zusammenhang zwischen gesundheitlichen Problemen und übermäßiger Bildschirmzeit auf

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Bridge International Academies celebrates potential of all African children on Day of the African Child

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bridge International Academies is marking the Day of the African Child by celebrating the potential of each and every child in Africa.

The school network, which includes Bridge Kenya, Bridge Nigeria and Bridge Uganda, supports children and parents in underprivileged communities through quality education.

The day, commemorating a series of demonstrations and protests in 1976 led by thousands of South African school children, is synonymous with taking action in education, and 2023 marks a historic opportunity that if missed will be a great loss for Africa and the world.

2023 is the year when Sub–Saharan Africa leads the world as the region with the most young people (0–14) "" the size and acceleration of this age cohort are historically unprecedented. Additionally, 60% of the region's population is under 25 years of age.

Bridge Kenya pupil reads to class

Reuben Wambugu, Bridge Group Managing Director, said, "This demographic tipping point marks a historic moment of opportunity. With effective education, a skilled and energised future labour force could emerge from Africa and drive transformation both on the continent and around the world. Crippling rates of learning poverty threaten to derail this prospect however. Only 10% of children in sub–Saharan Africa are able to read a simple sentence by the age of 10."

A recent study in Kenya of Bridge International Academies pedagogies, led by Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Michael Kremer, confirmed its "highly standardised education has the potential to produce dramatic learning gains at scale."

Speaking on the success of Bridge's methods, Bridge Nigeria Managing Director, Foyinsola Akinjayeju, said, "Bridge Nigeria schools produce some of the top students in the Nigeria National Common Entrance Exam. 80% perform above the average sample for literacy compared to just 18% in public schools. For eight years now Bridge Kenya pupils too have exceeded the national average in their primary school exit exam. With results like these it is clear that all African children can and must benefit from access to a quality education which drives learning. Their potential is unlimited. All African parents want their children to learn. Bridge International Academies is supporting thousands of them to do so."

To learn more about the Bridge methodology – visit their website here.

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