Children’s Literacy, Numeracy, and Social and Emotional Skills in Benue and Cross Rivers, Nigeria

This presentation analyzes Social Emotional Learning (SEL), literacy, and numeracy skill development in the Integrated Emergency Response program with refugee and host community children in Cross Rivers and Benue, Nigeria. The project goal is to strengthen state and community-based education and protection mechanisms to improve access to inclusive, quality, basic education and protection from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation for refugees and other vulnerable children. Information about the literacy, numeracy, social and emotional learning, and executive functioning skills gained in the sample and correlations with relevant background information is included.