The United Kingdom Department for International Development’s (DFID) and Developing Effective Private Education Nigeria (DEEPEN) have set aside funds to scale up the quality of education in low Level Cost Primary Schools (LCPS) in Lagos State.
DFID and DEEPEN will provide funds to support sustainable business models in the educational sector that are aimed at improving the quality of education in Lagos through its challenge fund initiative.
The organisations are calling for proposals from innovators and providers in the educational sector in Lagos state.
“The Fund will provide the Lagos LCPS-focused service providers with an opportunity to support unconventional solutions to longstanding problems in the private education sector in Lagos, through the ingenuity of private enterprise,” Akinwumi Oke, team leader, DEEPEN Challenge Fund, said in a statement made available to BusinessDay.
“It is also an opportunity to fund ambitious innovations designed by Lagos’ private schools’ proprietors, service providers and other entrepreneurs,” Oke said.
He stated that the concept at the heart of the fund is ‘innovation’ with particular interest in proposals focused on improving schools compliance with rules and standards, improving access to teaching development initiative and services and creating innovative business models for schools.
According to the team lead, the fund team will take a broad view of innovation and encourage proposals that go well beyond ‘business as usual’ and urging applicants to find new ways to improve on performance, governance and influence of their proposed intervention in the LCPS.
The grants will range from £10,000 to £100,000 and project activities funded by the grant must begin no later than 10th September 2017 and be completed by 15th March 2018.
Prospective bidders can request for bidding documents by contacting the fund managers by email at [email protected].
The deadline for applications within the call for proposals is 15th August 2017 and any proposals received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.
JOSEPHINE OKOJIE
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