Educational Co-operation Society
Education empowers
The ECS Professional Centre
The ECS Professional Centre is the ideal place for workshops, seminars and various professional communications events. Located at the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos, it combines accessibility with the state-of-the-art means to make your event a success.
Our Impact
We’ve worked on improving the lives of people through Education and character formation.
Our programmes have impacted the lives of rural and city people, young and old, women and men since we started in 1974.
Current programs
The Educational Co-operation Society (ECS), in consortium with other four non-profits, embarked on a project of Promoting empowerment of women and vulnerable groups for participation and inclusion in social and economic developments in peri-urban areas of Lagos State. The project is funded by the European Union and managed by the British Council.
Advancing in the Promotion of Community Empowerement of Rural Women
The project aims to help transform power relations in the rural area of Itamapako, promoting women's active presence and social recognition in the development planning processes of their rural communities.
To achieve this, they plan to promote social changes in their position and condition at two levels:
– In the Social (relational), organized women advance and strengthen their personal security and self-esteem, gaining influence in educational and community planning.
– In the Public (advocacy), to value the leadership of community women to accelerate the reduction of gender gaps in traditional decision-making spaces.
The project is funded by the Garapenerako, Lankidetzaren Euskal Agentzia, and the town councils of Leioa and Getxo in the Vasque Country (Spain).
Carried out in various youth centres in different locations in the country. The training is aimed at furthering the education of young people and preparing them for their future careers.
Personal capacity building and development of technical skills is the main thrust of our activities in this group of programmes directed at young people, irrespective of their religion and social background.
In collaboration with some grassroots NGOs has set up several community development projects in rural areas of Ogun, Enugu and Oyo states
Taking place in five different cities in the country, namely Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Enugu and Nsukka. The training schemes are aimed at ensuring the overall development of the youth.
These are projects directed at graduate and undergraduate students. The centres are private university residences that provide good accommodation for students and an atmosphere conducive for study.
Educational Co-operation Society carries out these projects jointly with other non-governmental agencies abroad, with the aim of fostering international solidarity and cultural exchange among peoples and youth all over the world.
The Educational Co-operation Society Book Scheme is aimed at providing books to the various institutions in dire need of them all over the country. Aimed at making up for the scarcity of direly needed texts, it is carried out in partnership with various bodies.
In response to the diverse local needs, the Educational Co-operation Society has been promoting and working with local grass-roots NGOs in the development of projects in the areas of formal education, executive management education and health delivery services.