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Dbegotin Educational Foundation DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is a non-Governmental Organization that seeks to improve the Nigerian Educational status, through educational assistance.

DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is a non-Governmental Organization that seeks to improve the Nigerian Educational status, by giving educational assistance and aids to pupils and students of government schools who are less privileged, pay tuition fees and provide text books/note books and other reading instructional materials. Our Foundation is to assist Nigerian children through enhancing Literacy, promotion of gender equality in Education and also bringing high standard motivation to primary and secondary school children in Nigeria. We also seek to provide standards that unveil the students maximum potentials, thereby providing good citizens, who will in turn contribute to the growth of their communities and the nation at large. The idea of DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION budded in the mind of an entrepreneur, a young man who cares about continuous acquisition of knowledge. The name Dbegotin came as a result series of brain storming sessions by the Executive Director and some other founding members. DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION as the name implies was coined to relief the desire and aspirations of the founder to provide a level playing for children whose background may stand as a hindrance to the acquisition of knowledge as well as to balance the discriminatory practice especially against the female child. And also to provide the needed improvement and impetus that will galavanse our educational sector. DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is a non-political, non-governmental and non-disciplinary and will accommodate all Nigerians. DBEGOTIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is an organization that strives very hard to achieve its aims and objectives. In that wise will require the confidence and the co-operation of the general public to achieve them.

Welcome to 2026! 🎉We're kicking off the year by taking you through memory lane. Back to where it all began.When DEF open...
08/01/2026

Welcome to 2026! 🎉

We're kicking off the year by taking you through memory lane. Back to where it all began.

When DEF opened its doors in Abuja in 2016, Nigeria already had over 10.5 million children out of school, declining teacher welfare and quality, and education barely on government's priority list. We started with one belief: education is the foundation of development.

So we got to work.

THE EARLY PROGRAMS:

📚 – Community mobilization across multiple states getting children back into classrooms (link in bio)

👨‍🏫 Teachers Professional Development – Equipping educators with skills to transform learning outcomes (see highlights for throwback content!)

🏆 Abuja LEA Spelling Bee (2017-2019) – Nigeria's first competition of its kind, promoting literacy and building confidence in primary school learners (also see highlights for throwback content!)

📢 Education Advocacy – From climate solutions to our documentaries on education under attack, we amplified the urgency of protecting education (check our YouTube for full docs!)

None of this would exist without our founding members and early believers: Grace Josiah, Emmanuel Ukah, Olamide Apejoye, Michael Anyanacho, Ethel Efem, Deborah Akinbinu, Rita Nwankwo, Yemi Shangolana, Samuel Agbi, Nkiruka Otuya, Tobi Johannes, Joel Okpapi, Florence Young-Iseko, Ikalone Udoh, and so many others who believed before the results showed up. You all are the foundation beneath the foundation 🙏🏾

By 2022, we had reached thousands of beneficiaries and established critical partnerships. But more importantly, we learned that sustainable development requires addressing both immediate crises and long-term systemic gaps. That insight would transform everything that came next.
Stay tuned. The story is just beginning.

All program links in bio! đź”—

Bridging the technology gap in rural African education is less about futuristic tools and more about addressing foundati...
15/12/2025

Bridging the technology gap in rural African education is less about futuristic tools and more about addressing foundational access. In many communities, unreliable electricity, limited connectivity, and context-blind digital solutions continue to restrict how learning happens, especially for girls.

Yet evidence shows that when emerging technologies are designed for rural realities, outcomes change. Solar-powered classrooms, offline digital platforms, and locally built STEM tools are enabling learners to engage meaningfully with science and technology, even in low-resource settings.

When girls are given access to the right infrastructure, skills, and mentorship, they do more than catch up. They create, innovate, and solve real problems. This is how educational equity is built, not through inspiration alone, but through intentional investment in inclusive systems.

03/12/2025

Meet six students from Government Secondary School Kubwa who participated in GYST, a project designed to address the critical underrepresentation of women in STEM. The team consist of Pamela, Joy, Angela, Daniella, Faith and Rihanat.

Their innovation is an affordable artificial limb which addresses a documented gap in assistive technology access in Africa where over 500,000 people live with limb amputations and conventional prosthetics remain financially out of reach for most families.

GYST targets secondary school girls at the critical age where research shows interest in STEM subjects either solidifies or drops significantly. By providing direct exposure to engineering design thinking, digital learning platforms and real world problem solving, the project creates pathways into technical careers that currently show stark gender disparities.

In Nigeria, women make up less than 15 percent of the engineering workforce despite representing half the population. Early intervention programmes like GYST work to shift these numbers by building technical confidence and demonstrating career possibilities before societal expectations narrow girls' ambitions.

This aligns with SDG 4 on quality education, SDG 5 on gender equality, SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, and SDG 10 on reducing inequalities.

Watch the full documentary here >> 🎥 https://youtu.be/Fg6kRkLEkag

Gender-based violence doesn't just harm bodies. It destroys futures. Girls facing violence at home, in communities, or i...
01/12/2025

Gender-based violence doesn't just harm bodies. It destroys futures. Girls facing violence at home, in communities, or in schools are pulled out of education, married off early, denied the chance to learn, dream, and build.

When a girl is forced into marriage, her education ends. When she faces violence at school, she stops attending. When her family believes her only value is as a wife, her potential is buried.

GYST exists because education is protection. When girls learn STEM, build technology, and discover their capability, they gain more than skills. They gain agency, voice, and pathways to economic independence that make them less vulnerable to violence and control.

The 100+ girls who built innovations this year aren't just engineers. They're girls who now see themselves differently, who have options, who can negotiate their futures. Education doesn't solve everything, but it opens doors that violence tries to lock.

This 16 Days, we stand with every girl fighting for her right to learn, create, and choose her own path.

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27/11/2025

"Before GYST, I thought engineering was just for men or advanced learners. I didn't believe anything good could come from us with our little knowledge."

Meet Zachariah Dianazenom Ali from Government Secondary School Bwari, Abuja.

She and her team built an Integrated Green Engineering Renewable Energy System—technology that combines Jatropha biodiesel, plastic waste fuel conversion, biogas, and syngas to create clean energy while producing organic fertilizer, biochar, and animal feed as by-products.

What changed for her?

"With the help of GYST, we were able to create this amazing product. The most important thing I learned is that we can innovate. We can do anything. We can help our environment."

Her message to girls everywhere: "Don't be limited by your society. You can do what you think you can. You may not think you're capable, but you have everything it takes to build the best."

This is what GYST does. It doesn't just teach STEM. It shows girls they already have everything they need to engineer solutions.



GYST 2025 | Funded by & PICTT | Implemented by

26/11/2025

"Before joining GYST, I really didn't believe that science was for me. I used to think it was only for the smart students. But when I started creating and experimenting things all by myself, I realized that I was smart enough." — Emmanuella

Meet Ozoko Ummulsalma and Okenyi Emmanuella from Junior Secondary School Kuje.

Together with their friends, they designed and built a Mudbrick Moulding Machine making affordable housing materials accessible to their community. But their biggest discovery? They're engineers.

Ummulsalma's message to girls everywhere: "You don't need to figure it all out at once. You just need to take one step, one idea, one project at a time. Engineering is all about solving problems and learning along the way."

This is what GYST does. It doesn't just teach STEM. It transforms how girls see themselves.



GYST 2025 | Funded by & PICTT | Implemented by

THANK YOU COORDINATORS!The success of the GYST 2.0 initiative reflects the professional dedication of school science coo...
25/11/2025

THANK YOU COORDINATORS!

The success of the GYST 2.0 initiative reflects the professional dedication of school science coordinators who delivered quality STEM instruction across partnered schools in the FCT, Nasarawa, and Kwara states.

These educators demonstrated commitment to programme fidelity while adapting curriculum to diverse school contexts, resulting in measurable student outcomes including 95% completion rate and 16 functional prototypes addressing community needs.

These amazing men and women were mostly our eyes and ears in each of these schools. They facilitated technical training in circuit design, prototype development, and scientific methodology while maintaining consistent engagement with students throughout the ten-month implementation cycle.
Effective STEM education programming requires

To those on this list and others, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

24/11/2025

There's a moment in every innovator's journey where doubt turns into confidence. Where "I can't" becomes "I built this."

Earlier this month, at the GYST & DELT-Her Grand Finale, we witnessed 10+ of those moments.

We witnessed how girls who learned design thinking, circuit design, and fabrication showcased products they made. Tech/engineering products which turned waste into fuel, engineered cleaner air, robots that help farmers, amongst many other innovations.

These smart secondary school female students are using STEM to solve challenges that matter.

But this is about more than projects. GYST exists to close the gender gap in tech and engineering - ensuring girls gain the recognition, value, and equal opportunities their male counterparts have always had. When we educate girls in STEM, we're not just teaching skills. We're building a generation of women who use technology for social impact, who lead innovation, and who prove that engineering has no gender.

This is what believing in girls looks like. This is how we build gender balance in Nigeria's tech future.



Funded by NASENI & PICTT | Implemented by Dbegotin Educational Foundation

THANK YOU to Our SchoolsOur special appreciation to all the schools across FCT, Nasarawa, and Kwara states who participa...
24/11/2025

THANK YOU to Our Schools

Our special appreciation to all the schools across FCT, Nasarawa, and Kwara states who participated to the finals of the GYST 2.0 project. You allocated classroom space, supported coordinators, and championed girls' STEM education within their communities. Your commitment created the foundation for everything that followed. Your belief in your students made this possible.

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY:
Government Secondary School, Bwari
Government Secondary School, Jiwa
Government Secondary School, Kubwa
Government Secondary School, Garki
Government Science Secondary School, Tungan Maje
Government Girls Secondary School, Dukpa
Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse
Government Girls Secondary School, Abaji
Junior Secondary School, Kuje
Junior Secondary School, Pasali
Junior Secondary School, Jikwoyi
Junior Secondary School, Phase III, Gwagwalada

NASARAWA STATE:
Government Science Secondary School, Nasarawa Eggon
Government Science Secondary School, Obi
Government Girls Science Secondary School, Doma

KWARA STATE:
Iqra College, Ilorin
Muslim Commercial School, Igbada

From all of us at Dbegotin Educational Foundation, thank you for being part of this journey.

Address

Rubochi Close, Owerri Street Area 7 Garki Abuja/
Fct
09

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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08167614017

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