Bridging Learning. Restoring Hope. Creating Impact.
The Learning Bridge Fellowship is a transformative prison education initiative designed to bridge the educational gap between incarcerated learners and university communities across Nigeria through structured virtual academic support, peer learning, and mentorship.
Beyond academic support, the fellowship is intentionally structured to build empathy, human connection, and social understanding between students in correctional centres and students in Nigerian universities. By creating opportunities for interaction, collaboration, and shared learning, the programme seeks to challenge stigma, restore dignity, and promote a more compassionate society that believes in rehabilitation, inclusion, and second chances.
This fellowship is designed for passionate, high-performing undergraduate students who are ready to use their knowledge, leadership, and academic excellence to support inclusive education and social transformation.
Through virtual tutorial sessions and peer-learning engagements, fellows will provide academic support to incarcerated students enrolled in tertiary education programmes within selected correctional centres across Nigeria.
WHY THIS FELLOWSHIP MATTERS
Across Nigerian correctional centres, many incarcerated students pursuing higher education face limited academic support, restricted access to mentorship, and inadequate peer-learning opportunities. These barriers often deepen educational inequality and social exclusion.
The Learning Bridge Fellowship seeks to close this gap by building meaningful connections between university students and incarcerated learners through education, mentorship, and shared learning experiences.
The fellowship believes that education can restore hope, rebuild confidence, and create pathways for reintegration and transformation. It also creates an opportunity for young people outside correctional centres to develop empathy, social responsibility, and a deeper understanding of justice, rehabilitation, and humanity.
This is more than a fellowship.
It is a movement committed to restoring dignity through learning and building bridges beyond prison walls.
We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students from accredited Nigerian universities who are:
· In 300 level, penultimate, or final year
· Academically excellent (minimum CGPA of 4.0/5.0 or equivalent applies)
· Passionate about education, social impact, rehabilitation, and justice reform
· Strong communicators and collaborative learners
· Available for virtual engagement and tutorial sessions (approx. 2 hours per week for 4 months)”
· Digitally equipped for virtual impact with a functional laptop and webcam
Applications are especially encouraged from students studying:
· Peace and Conflict Resolution
· Business Administration
· Criminology and Security Studies
· Political Science
Applicants will be required to provide details of:
· Course of study
· University
· Current level
· CGPA
· Relevant leadership, volunteering, mentoring, or tutoring experience
Selected fellows will:
· Participate in onboarding and orientation sessions
· Support incarcerated learners through structured virtual tutorials
· Engage in peer-learning and mentorship activities
· Contribute to educational inclusion and rehabilitation efforts
· Participate in reflection and learning exchange sessions
· Help foster empathy, human connection, and inclusive learning communities
· Fellowship certification
· Practical facilitation and leadership experience
· Exposure to justice-responsive education programming
· Networking and social impact opportunities
· Data stipends to support virtual engagement and tutorial sessions
· Recommendation letter when required
· Opportunity to contribute to meaningful educational transformation and rehabilitation efforts
Get ready to become part of a movement that is redefining access to education, restoring hope through learning, and building bridges between incarcerated learners and university communities across Nigeria.
