PROTECT The Child Foundation (PTCF) has provided educational support to over 200 pupils from underprivileged families within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Abuja-based non-profit organisation intervened in the payment of school fees, notebooks, textbooks, school bags and sandals, among others, between October 4 and 6, in different communities within the FCT, as a way of enhancing the educational standard of pupils in low households.

In a statement issued, at the weekend, the Executive Director of PTCF, Elizabeth Achimugu, said the gesture was to help improve school enrolment in the country and ensure that the pupils have the right tools to excel academically.

Achimugu said it is part of the PTCF yearly Back-to-School Programme for the 2023/2024 academic session tagged, ‘Combating illiteracy in Nigeria, one child at a time’.

She said, “It was aimed at supporting children from low-income families with basic education needs and scholarship opportunities. This year, the organisation took the programme to two area councils in Abuja (Bwari and Abuja Municipal) with beneficiaries drawn from L.E.A Primary School, Mpape; L.E.A Primary School, Nyanya II and L.E.A Primary School, Angwan Hakimi, Orozo, all in satellite villages with little government presence within the FCT.”