ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home Education Review

Promoting security in schools

20th December 2016
in Education Review
0
Promoting security in schools
0
SHARES
92
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

■ Parents, stakeholders, experts brainstorm on how to secure schoolchildren in North East from terrorists’ attacks

From Paul Orude, Bauchi

A 2010 research shows that Bauchi State accounts for 578, 746 out-of-schoolchildren.Experts argue that this figure may have increased due to insurgency. The Sun Education found out that in most communities where education is under severe threat there is no existing model for schools to borrow from on how to stay safe and secured. Most communities are weak and therefore unable to respond appropriately to challenges that threaten the future and education of their children and youths.
It is against this background that a nongovernmental organisation, the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), is seeking to engage communities through a project titled “Promoting Community Dialogue for Safe and Secure and Schools in Nigeria. ”
Its founding Director, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, told stakeholders at the meeting in Bauchi, that the project, with pilot schemes in Bauchi, Kaduna, Borno States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is supported by the United Nations Fund for Democracy (UNDEF).
In Bauchi, WARDC is working with Forward in Action for Poverty, Education and Malnutrition (FACEPAM) as implementing partner. “While there has been much agonizing and condemnation of attacks on schools by stakeholders, there are no existing measures to guarantee the safety and security of schoolchildren by providing practical guidelines and plans of action in the face of attacks,” Akiyode-Afolabi said.
The WARDC founding Director, in a press statement, co-signed with Director FACEPAM, Jide Ojo, disclosed that they have organised programmes in Bauchi and Tafawa Balewa to promote community dialogue and stakeholder engagement that would facilitate school safety and security in Bauchi.
“The targeting of schools by Boko Haram has made access to education practically impossible in most affected states,” Akiyode-Afolabi said. “Furthermore, there was no policy or programme in place to address the issue of safety and security in schools, while recent efforts are still in ad hoc and mostly driven without active citizens-government collaboration.”
WARDC and FACEPAM, through participation approach, have conducted research on safety and security in schools in the state and found out that lack of school fence is one of the most pressing security needs. She disclosed in a media briefing that school users and communities in the state are calling for the fencing and stationing of security personnel around schools and the creation of security awareness among members.
According to her, among 20 schools visited during the research, only Government Girls Secondary School, Tafawa Balewa, had a security team or committee. “Schools in the remote areas don’t have security personnel around the school premises, nor structured communication plan that can respond to any emergency situation,” she noted.
On safety of classroom, she noted that the research discovered that most schools in Bauchi have overcrowded classrooms with average number of students in a class, ranging from 80 to 100. The research also affirms the non-existence of exit doors and exit signs and most of the schools don’t have parking lots. There are no fire extinguishers in most schools and where there are, most of the teachers have not been trained on their use.
“Most schools especially in the remote areas don’t have reliable sources of water,” she said. She added that in one of the schools located in remote areas the source of water is more than five kilometres from the school. Jide Ojo lamented inadequate responses to these challenges that make schools unsafe for schoolchildren in the north east and North West.
He said the project recommends that minimum standard for safe and secure schools be developed by education sector stakeholders in conjunction with communities and adopted by schools and government as a road map. The project also recommends that community and stakeholders support advocacy and monitoring of schools to ensure safety of schoolchildren. Government should also invest in security of schoolchildren and teachers.
The Project Officer of FACEPAM, Mr. Gideon Dakup, told The Sun Education that the project will focus on Borno (Chibok, Maiduguri, and Konduga), and Bauchi (Bauchi, Bogoro and Toro) in the North East, on each local government with population of over 350, 000 people.
In the North West the project will target Kaduna State (Kaduna South, Kaduna North and Zaria). According to him, activities have been developed for minimum standard and guidelines for safe and secure schools by stakeholders in conjunction with communities. These, he said, include consultative forums, town hall meeting on guidelines for community leaders and head teachers. Others include production of school safety guidelines and plan of action, development of Threat Assessment and Early Warning System tools and production of school safety guidelines and plan of action.

sunnews

sunnews

Related Posts

JAMB boss urges loyalty, dedication for corporate excellence
Education Review

JAMB boss urges loyalty, dedication for corporate excellence

3rd March 2021
Institute of Bankers introduce new curriculum to advance banking education
Business

Institute of Bankers introduce new curriculum to advance banking education

2nd March 2021
UniAbuja Council appoints new DVC Admin, retains DVC Academic
Education Review

UniAbuja Council appoints new DVC Admin, retains DVC Academic

2nd March 2021
Next Post
Nurturing abilities

Nurturing abilities

PROUD OF THEIR IDENTITIES

PROUD OF THEIR IDENTITIES

Bleak Xmas hits schools

Bleak Xmas hits schools

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

First AFN evaluation meet for Tokyo Olympics holds in Akure

Nigeria: Sad Tale of Insecurity

The revolution has unraveled

Nigeria welcomes COVID-19 vaccine

Evercare commences operation in Lagos

COVID-19: FDNL manufactures carrier to meet vaccines distribution challenge

Trending

Man Utd triggers £43m Lukaku debt clause
Sporting Sun

Man Utd triggers £43m Lukaku debt clause

4th March 2021
0

Manchester United have reportedly triggered a clause in the deal that saw Romelu Lukaku move to Inter...

Bale expects Real  to honour £600k wages

Bale expects Real to honour £600k wages

4th March 2021
Omeruo, Troost- Ekong glad to reunite with teammates

2021 AFCON qualifier: NFF confirms date, venue for Nigeria vs Lesotho

4th March 2021
Tokyo 2020 consultancy firm “paid $370,000” to Diack

First AFN evaluation meet for Tokyo Olympics holds in Akure

4th March 2021
Nigeria: How did we get here? (1)

Nigeria: Sad Tale of Insecurity

4th March 2021

Follow us on social media:

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist