Climate & Energy Education in Schools

Overview

Nigeria’s energy transition will be carried out by people who are in secondary school today. They will be its technicians, its farmers, its entrepreneurs, and its policymakers, and most of them are currently getting little or no structured education about energy or climate at all. Our schools programme exists to close that gap early, when curiosity is highest and career directions are still open.

We deliver interactive climate and clean-energy sessions in schools: what energy is, where Nigeria’s power comes from and why it so often fails, how solar works, what a changing climate means for the communities students live in, and, importantly, the opportunities all of this creates for them.

Our first delivery: JSS Kpaduma, Abuja

Our first field activity took place at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Kpaduma, Abuja, on 14 July 2026. Over one hour, our team worked with 20 students from JSS2, aged 13 to 15, covering the basics of climate and how to take simple action steps on reducing the imbalance in our atmosphere.

One student told us they had enjoyed the lecture and learnt a lot of new things, because the concepts were explained clearly. Sessions like this confirm what we designed the programme around: young Nigerians are not indifferent to energy and climate, they have simply rarely been given the subject in a form built for them.

The CELI team was invited to the school’s graduation the following week, and to present to more classes when school resumes in September.

How the programme works

Each session is designed to be practical and participatory rather than a lecture. We use demonstrations, local examples, and open Q&A, and we adapt content to the age group in the room. Sessions are delivered by CELI’s team and trained volunteers at no cost to the school.

We also measure what we do. For every session we record the school, the number of students reached, the topics covered, and volunteer hours contributed, because a programme that intends to grow needs evidence, not just goodwill.

What’s next

We are building a pipeline of schools for the coming terms, refining the session materials based on what we learn each time, and connecting this programme to SolarLearn, our skills training initiative, so that a student whose interest is sparked in a classroom has somewhere to take it.

Work with us

If you lead a school that would like to host a session, teach and want to help us shape materials, or fund the expansion of this programme to more schools and states, write to info@celi.org.ng.

Status: Active. First sessions delivered in Abuja; school pipeline in development. Last updated July 2026.