A nation without good and affordable education system for children is bound to face developmental issues in the future because, the children of today are the adults of tomorrow. The more they are educated, the more they grow to become responsible citizens who can contribute positively to growth and development of their society. Hence, despite the COVID-19 pandemic which led to the sudden closure of schools at a time when students and pupils were set to commence their terminal examinations in 2020, the Foundation ensured that children within her reach continued to access quality education through her scholarship program. It is a known fact that many poor families are burdened by the costs associated with educating their children in school which often lead to high rate of school dropout, child labour, street children and increase in crime.
Primary and secondary education in Nigeria is supposed to be free, but it is not so because there are always contributions to be paid which many poor parents cannot even afford. To be certain that this group of children went back to school, the Foundation has continued to support the education of 64 destitute children in twelve schools (both Primary and Secondary) in FCT Abuja during the 2019/2020 academic session. Some of the beneficiaries have been enjoying COFP scholarship program from their primary school level and the Foundation has continued to award them scholarship through secondary school as a result of their good performance. For the past four years, the Foundation has supported in the payment of monthly salaries/allowances of teachers in Yemiti Internally Displaced Host Community school to enable children in this poor community stay in school.
