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Globalfast Championship Competition (Mathematics Olympiad)
The Shield of Innocence Initiative's collaboration with the Globalfast Educational Services Limited in its upcoming competition in Ondo State, Nigeria.
Navigating The Tides Of Economic Pressure And Uncertainties
It is no longer news that inflation has become globally pervasive. Nations continue to battle financial and price instability amidst various policy interventions. Macro and microeconomic prospects seem to dwindle in the wake of insecurity, the Covid-19 Pandemic, rising unemployment, geo-political fragmentations alongside trade restrictions, rising debt and climate change. More than ever before, the anticipated future of prosperity and well-being appears to be inching further and farther as...
The Rapid Framework And Learning Realities
Racheal (not real name) is a 12 year old girl who lives in an urban area of one of the Southwest States in Nigeria but cannot read. She tried to keep it a secret because it embarrassed her until she was specifically asked to read a portion of the Bible in her children’s church.
Educational Fraud and Children
Human capital has always determined a nation's resource deployment and its level of development. Need we say that the quality of human capital in any society is hugely dependent on the quality of education based therein? Education is a process of teaching, training and learning especially in schools or educational...
Addiction in Children
Addiction in children has been a subject that has triggered discourse from varying quarters due to its highly sensitive nature. From the home-front, schools, other child-socialization centers including the healthcare system, addiction in children has become an issue of grave concern. However, it has been noted that while...
Responsible parenting, antidote to child marriage
Child marriage is not a new phenomenon. Reports show that it is quite common in regions like Africa, Asia and South America. Child marriage is also very ingrained in customs, traditions and religion because it has been practiced from generations to generations. This strong affiliation of child marriage with institutions of traditions and religion has made it a tenacious societal
Parenting and Child Marriage
Child marriage is not a new phenomenon. Reports show that it is quite common in regions like Africa, Asia and South America. Child marriage is also very ingrained in customs, traditions and religion because it has been practised from generations to generations. This strong affiliation of child marriage...
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Crimes
Child abuse has been an age-long topic which has drawn attention and interventions from different stakeholders, locally and globally. The issue of child abuse has been encapsulated within physical, psychological and sexual domains
Sex Crime Education and Children
The rising reports of sex crimes such as rape have become a thing of worry especially as its victims cut across every constituent of our demography. It has become very dangerous to assume that some population groups are less vulnerable to these crimes or that their premeditation can be perceived by victims and their families. ...
Family Planning and Out-of-School
Bidemi Nelson, CEO, Shield of Innocence Initiative, Benin City, Edo State: Children who have never been to school and may never see the four walls of a school continue to be a painful reality in the world and particularly in Nigeria. With over 13 million "out of school" children in Nigeria alone...