Thematic Pillar

Education and Outreach Program

Taking Wikimedia into higher education through accredited fan clubs, nationwide campus edit-a-thons, and institutional partnerships across Nigerian tertiary institutions.

The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria strongly believes that Wikipedia and its sister projects belong in education. We realized that students constitute the highest users of Wikipedia and its educational resources in Nigeria, making it imperative to develop a deliberate, long-term strategy that targets students' direct participation in our projects, programs, and activities promoting free knowledge.

Strategic FoundationNew Readers Outreach Survey (2016)

Data-Driven Educational Engagement

Our campus outreach program was originally conceptualized to respond directly to the empirical findings of the nationwide New Readers Outreach Survey conducted in Nigeria in 2016:

23%

General Internet Awareness of Wikipedia in Nigeria

43%

Awareness Among Nigerian Students

With Nigerian students representing nearly double the awareness level of the broader internet population, university fan clubs became our primary vehicle for transforming passive readers into skilled creators of open knowledge.

Wikimedia Fan Clubs Across Tertiary Institutions

Designed to bring Wikimedia projects directly to all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, each club operates as a registered student association within its designated institution. Each club is coordinated by an experienced student leader appointed by the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria leadership.

Accredited Fan Clubs & Academic Hubs:

The University of Ibadan Fan Club

University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State

Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ilorin

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State

Wikimedia Hub, NIJ

Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos

Wikimedia Fan Club, EKSU

Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

Wiki Club, LASU

Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos

Wikimedia Fan Club, FUNAAB

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Wikimedia Hub Enugu (UNN)

Domiciled at University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Wikimedia Fan Club, KWASU

Kwara State University, Malete

Training Milestones & Edit-a-thons

Our campus training trajectory began in 2016 when students of Fountain University were trained. Since then, multiple continuous training cohorts and edit-a-thons have been conducted across major tertiary institutions including UNILAG, UI, EKSU, UNILORIN, UNN, NIJ, FUNAAB, UNIBEN, KWASU, and LASPOTECH.

Academic Leadership & Institutional Recognition

The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria maintains strong institutional relationships with university administrations. On October 22, 2018, the User Group presented an official award of honor to Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to open knowledge and educational advancement in Nigeria.

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