SS1–SS3 coaching
From SS1, our students learn with high-grade teachers who know the syllabus and how to lift a class.
The Sarumi Foundation · Since 2013
Talent is everywhere. We make sure it gets discovered, taught, mentored, incubated and taken all the way to university.
From SS1 to university and beyond: expert teachers for WAEC, GCE and JAMB, pre-university training for POST-UTME, and support until graduation. More than 500 of our students have gone on to university, and our alumni are now pursuing PhDs across the United States and Europe.
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Who we are
The Sarumi Foundation finds talented young people in public secondary schools and walks with them, from SS1 to university and beyond.
Founded in 2013 in Ilesa, Osun State, by Oluwatoyin and Rasheed Sarumi, the foundation gives indigent students what privilege usually buys: excellent teachers, exam preparation, university fees and mentors who stay. Our pioneer programme, 1,000 Change Agents, began in the public school system and has grown into a path that now reaches doctoral study abroad.
Our impact
Numbers that are really names.
500+
Students sent to university
From public secondary schools to lecture halls across Nigeria.
$1M+
Invested in young people
Teachers, exam fees, tuition, books and the costs that end degrees.
PhD
Alumni in doctoral study
Former scholars are now pursuing doctorates at universities across the United States and Europe.
Programmes
Great teachers in SS1. A degree at the end.
Most scholarships arrive after the exams. Ours start years before them, so the results that decide a future are earned with the best preparation we can give.
WAEC & GCE
Structured preparation, past questions and mock exams, so results open doors rather than close them.
JAMB (UTME)
Focused UTME training on the subjects each student needs for the course they want.
POST-UTME & pre-university
Screening practice and pre-university training that turn a good JAMB score into an admission.
University support
Help with fees, accommodation and books, so a place earned is a place taken.
Mentors & Change Agents
Mentors through every semester, and an alumni network of Change Agents who bring the next cohort through.
The journey
From SS1 to a PhD abroad.
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SS1
Spotted early.
We start in public secondary schools, where talent is plentiful and opportunity is not. Students join us in SS1, years before the exams that decide their future.
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SS2–SS3
Taught by the best.
High-grade teachers coach them through the syllabus and prepare them to ace WAEC, GCE and JAMB.
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Admission
Ready for POST-UTME.
Pre-university training and screening practice turn strong results into a university admission.
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University
Supported to graduation.
Fees, books and a mentor who checks in, so problems are solved before they end a degree.
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Beyond
Change Agents, here and abroad.
Our graduates go on to build careers, and some pursue PhDs at universities across the United States and Europe. Many return to help the students coming up behind them.
Founders
Our founders
A promise to Ilesa that now reaches the world.
Oluwatoyin and Rasheed Sarumi always wanted to give back. With the counsel of friends in Ilesa, Dr Olusola Fadipe and her husband, they launched the foundation to create lasting, positive change for young people. The founders set the foundation's direction and are its primary source of funding.
“To be a catalyst and driving force in enhancing opportunities for indigent youths, and providing better access to education, skills and healthcare, so they can become an inspiration to others.”
Every one of them is one good teacher away from a different future.
Our north star
100000
indigent young people with better opportunities by 2030.
Build
A thriving ecosystem of projects that supports the foundation's vision.
Develop
Future leaders who, in turn, support the programmes, creating a sustainable cycle.
Create
Sustainable funding to carry every programme from start to completion.
Give today
Put a great teacher in front of a student who deserves one.
Your gift pays for teachers, exam registration, POST-UTME training and university fees. Give once, or give monthly and walk with a student from SS1 to graduation.
- 01Choose an amount
- 02It goes to teaching, exams and fees
- 03You hear how your students are doing
For students & parents
In SS1 with big dreams? Let's talk.
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Be in SS1
We work with students in public secondary schools, starting from SS1.
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Get in touch
Students, parents and teachers can reach us to ask about the next intake.
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Assessment
We meet each student to understand their results, goals and needs.
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Begin
Classes start with our teachers, and the journey to university begins.