Education Access  ·  Northern Nigeria

A missed fee ends more childhoods than a lack of ambition.

Thousands of Nigerian students drop out every year — not because they failed, but because they couldn't afford to continue.

Education in Northern Nigeria
Classroom
Children learning
10.5M
Children out of school in Nigeria
The Gap

The cost of staying in school is the barrier — not the ability to learn.

Across Northern Nigeria, school fees remain one of the leading causes of student dropout. Families who want their children educated are forced to pull them out because the amount needed — often less than the cost of a meal for a donor — is insurmountable for a household living on subsistence income.

This is not a story about ambition or effort. It is a story about a structural gap between families who want to educate their children and a system that has no mechanism to connect them with people who can help.

Nigeria Education Data
10.5M
Children out of school in Nigeria
Largest out-of-school population globally · UNESCO 2024
67%
Of dropouts in Northern Nigeria cite inability to pay school fees as primary reason · field assessment data
What We're Building

A platform built on radical simplicity

Education Access Platform
A Direct-Connection Platform.

We are developing a platform that connects students who cannot afford school fees directly with donors who can close that gap. No bureaucracy. No overhead maze. A student's name. Their school. The exact amount they need. That's it.

Student Profile
A name, a school, an exact fee amount. Verified by our field team.
Direct Funding
Donor pays the school directly. No intermediary. No overhead deduction.
Outcome Tracking
Donors see what their contribution achieved — attendance, grades, continuity.
Needs Assessment Phase — Research underway · 2026
Where We Are

The road to launch

2026 — In Progress
Needs Assessment
Field research to identify the best model, communities, and fee structures. Who drops out, why, and what amount would keep them in school.
We are here
Next
Platform Development
Building the donor–student connection system. Simple, mobile-first, and verified by our field teams in Northern Nigeria.
Launch
First Students, First Donors
Connecting the first cohort of verified students with donors who can close their exact fee gap — and stay accountable to outcomes.
2026.

Early funders of this research directly shape the platform we build.

We are in the needs assessment phase. The research we conduct now — on who drops out, why, and what the right intervention model looks like — will determine every design decision that follows. If you want to fund the research that determines how we approach education access in Northern Nigeria, contact us now.