A new generation of education advocates has emerged as Teach For Nigeria (TFN) graduated 398 fellows and school leaders during a colourful ceremony at Greensprings School, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. This milestone marked the completion of the seventh cohort of 311 Fellows and the fourth cohort of 87 school leaders, joining the growing TFN alumni network committed to transforming the education landscape in Nigeria.

For two years, the graduates served in 203 public schools across Ogun State, bringing hope and transformation to thousands of underserved children. Their contributions were not limited to teaching—collectively, they initiated 133 “Be The Change Projects” that tackled pressing issues such as educational inequality, environmental sustainability, youth unemployment, and peace-building.

Chief Executive Officer of Teach For Nigeria, Molade Adeniyi, charged the graduates to extend their leadership beyond classrooms. “Continue shaping policies, leading businesses, and serving people with the same commitment to equity you exhibited during your fellowship,” she urged.

In her keynote message, Dr. Ronke Soyombo, Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), encouraged the fellows to embrace critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration—the four Cs—as tools for transforming teaching and learning in Nigeria. “Don’t be on the sidelines. Be involved. Be part of the bold new movement changing the future of teaching,” she advised.

Since its founding in 2017, TFN has placed 2,463 Fellows into classrooms across Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, and Oyo States, and trained over 20,000 teachers in 29 states—an intervention that continues to touch the lives of countless children and their communities.

As this new set of changemakers steps out, the movement to end educational inequity in Nigeria is not just growing—it is gaining momentum.