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Programs & Initiatives

Summer Enrichment Programs in Ghana & Nigeria

In Ghana, JOA partners with Ashesi University, Ghana & Mastercard Foundations to sponsor talents from rural Nigeria & Ghana to be part of this transforming exposure to the science of design and creative problem solving, leadership, robotics programming and engineering through hands-on projects and experiential learning.

In Nigeria, JOA kicked off its Free Summer Enrichment Bootcamp for senior high schoolers in summer 2018. This is our way of further engaging the underserved youths in the local communities with richer content 21st century learning experience to help prime them for transition to tertiary institutions and vocations.

JOA Teachers Training & Enrichment Program

At JOA, we believe the likelihood of any child succeeding academically increases when you place an effective Teacher in their Classroom.
To this effect, JOA is enriching Public School Teachers with Free Teachers Training Enrichment Program. 219 Teachers went through JOA 21st Century Effective Teaching this summer 2018 in Delta & Osun State. We believe true transformation cannot only happen in our classrooms if we engage and rightfully invest in our Teachers & Educators.

JOA Books Donations Program

Every society must be very intentional about rightfully educating its future leaders. At JOA, we believe functional education can only be achieved when we equip both our Teachers & Students with the right tools and learning resources to rightfully engage and enrich learning experience.

JOA runs a yearly books donation drive in Nigeria to local public schools to aid functional teaching and learning. We have donated over 90,000 books to public schools in Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Delta states, Nigeria between year 2017 to date.

We continue to make this an integral part of our engagement and expanding out each year.

College Preparatory After School Coaching Program

JOA adopts and partners with selected public schools to provide:

  1. After School College Readiness & Augmented Learning Programs
  2. Ongoing coaching, mentoring guidance to its Teachers to augment regular classroom teaching with greater emphasis on richer content and effective delivery of the same.

JOA Scholarship Program

JOA provides means tested University Scholarships to youths from the underserved communities. We currently have our scholarship students in the following Universities:

  • Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
  • Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife, Nigeria
  • Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
  • Elizade University, Ilara- Mokin, Nigeria
  • Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria
  • University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana.
  • University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana