The School, designed to be a center for learning should be a place that is safe, secured and peaceful.
But in a situation where the school premises seems unsafe for learning, students will always be reluctant to go to school.
In this report, correspondent Gimalo-Angel Olowogoke scrutinizes the state of security in Nigerian schools.
Ann on cam: It is a global desire that every child has access to quality education across regions of the world, with security as a paramount issue.
VO: On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
Since then hopes were raised on various occasions that the 219 remaining girls might be released.
Again, on February 19, 2018, 106 of the 110 students of Government Girls Science Technical College, GGSTC, Dapchi, Yobe State abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
The girls spent exactly 31 days in the custody of the insurgents who invaded after security arrangement around the school were understandably relaxed.
Five of the girls reportedly died. One of the students, Leah Sharibu, is still being held by the insurgents because she refused to convert from Christianity to Islam as the insurgents demanded.
ONYEKACHI ADEKOYA, A SECURITY ANALYST AND CONSULTANT SPEAKS ON THIS.
The government of president muhammadu buhari warned all Nigerians that his administration will not condone any attempt to politicise security concerns, also stating that the government will rehabilitate willing boko haram members.
School security is vital to effective teaching and learning. Presently, the safety of the school child should be of primary concern to stakeholders in the education sector.
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