About Us

Philipanna Foundation is a non – governmental organization that is committed toward child literacy. The foundation complements the efforts of State Ministries of Education in Nigeria, to improve child literacy in rural areas, through language intervention programmes. The programme concentrates on reading, writing and speaking in English language in rural public primary schools. The aim is for pupils to attain meaningful completion of primary education and become lifelong learners. We hire experienced qualified teachers with a passion for teaching on a two years commitment basis. The Hired teachers are first equipped with initial training and are subjected to subsequent continuous professional development. All these is to ensure successful completion of basic primary education. The literacy intervention programme employs the Jolly Phonic method of teaching, Raz –plus literacy programme, Susan Jones teaching and other resources from teachers pay teachers.