Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom for Secondary School Teachers in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. (ID: 22114412)

Endorsment from Onyenachi64 (talk)

Experience from schools that has enjoyed this reading Wikipedia in the classroom programme shows that the programme is very educative to teachers. It is also an indirect way of introducing Wikipedia to students in secondary schools. Teachers become wikipedians and it widens acceptance of wikipedia in educational institutions. I know that Denis Memorial Gramer School Onitsha is a leading secondary school in Onitsha, Anambra State. It will be a good place to start to introduce the programme in Anambra State. I support this application.

--Onyenachi64 (talk) 13:36, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Ogalihillary (talk)

Teachers in most secondary schools in Nigeria do not have online resources to improve their knowledge and information. They only rely on information they could gather from textbooks, this strategy will help them understand and have free access to open knowledge which will make their work easier and more effective. Also the proposal will help inform the teachers about wikimedia, how useful it can be to the education system in Nigeria and the importance of contributing their knowledge to wikimedia space for people to use.

--Ogalihillary (talk) 13:54, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Iwuala Lucy (talk)

 Strong support With the introduction of Reading Wikipedia in Classroom as an educational tool through which the knowledge gap that exists between Wikipedia and Nigerian education system can be filled up, there is indeed, need to spread this tool (RWC) in different part of the country and by so doing, reeducate/reorient the wrong perception held towards Wikipedia in Nigeria; hence the need to carry out this project.

--Iwuala Lucy (talk) 12:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Funded

Hello Oby Ezeilo, thanks for submitting this comprehensive proposal. We are happy to fund it in the amount of 2,183,528.2 NGN. In your approved grant proposal on the Wikimedia Foundation Grantee Portal (Fluxx), please address the following questions from the Education Team.

• Question 6.1: In your response to question 6.1. please clarify how you will specifically addressing the content gap "geography" (question 6).
• Question 9: In your response to question 9, please provide more information about the follow-up.
• Question 10: Please include more details about how you will make the project and events safer. Confirm that you will use a friendly space policy. If you also plan to work with any minors, a youth safety policy should be created and linked.
• Question 15: Please provide more details about your plans to have any pre- or post-program surveys. Additionally, please include any learnings from your past experience in leading a similar project in Abuja. What did you learn and how will this new program be different?

Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:00, 13 April 2023 (UTC) (on behalf of the Middle East and Africa regional funds team)

Thanks for the comment. I have addressed all the questions raised in the fluxx portal Oby Ezeilo (talk) 09:33, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Change of Date

Hello, DSaroyan (WMF), Just want to let you know that we will not be able to commence the implementation of the reading Wikipedia in the Classroom on the first of June as planned due to some reasons.

• . Jane Onuoha my co trainer will be going to Serbia on scholarship for the Education Conference
• . This term is a promotional term for students so in order not to disrupt school activities and also get the attention of the teachers involved we will be organizing the training during the school mid term break which will be starting on the 13th of June.

Thanks for your Understanding.Oby Ezeilo (talk) 12:12, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Dear Oby Ezeilo, thanks for letting me know. I acknowledge and approved the change. Let me know if you need any extension to the grant end date. All the best, --DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 14:53, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello -DSaroyan (WMF) , Just want to let you know that we will not be able to submit the report by 30th rather it will be ready on or before 10th August 2023. Please bear with us. Thanks Oby Ezeilo (talk) 12:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@Oby Ezeilo, no problem! Your reporting deadline is 31 August 2023. But if for any reason you need more time, please let me know. Thanks, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2023 (UTC)