At least 20,000 pupils have reportedly forced out of school in Nasarawa state following the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen on border communities of Benue and Nasarawa states.
Blueprint gathered that in Awe, Keana, Obi and Doma local government areas of the state the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps located in these areas have no provisional arrangement to carter for the educational needs of their children. Speaking to journalists under anonymity, a primary school teacher in the area, revealed that all primary schools in the town, privately or publicly owned, had been shut down since the attacks in the southern part of the state.
When contacted, the chairman Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Mohammed Dan’azumi, said the board was still taking statistics in order to ascertain the exact number of school children forced out of school in the course of the attacks. Dan’azumi, who directed the Permanent Member 2 of the board, Hadiza Alakayi, to speak on his behalf said: “The board has sent its instructors and headmasters to collect statistics in the five local government areas and they are yet to submit their report.
“We summoned education secretaries, supervisors and headmasters to ensure that all schools resume. The board is going to monitor and supervise the situation based on the report received. The IDPs children shall be taken care of,” he said.
