A United Kingdom-funded governance programme is mobilising Civil Society Organisations, CSOs to support Kaduna State Government in addressing security challenges in schools.
State Team Lead of the Programme, Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn, PERL Adejor Abel, made this known in Zaria, at a two-day discussion with non-stake actors on insecurity and community effort to sustainable education in Kaduna State.
He explained that the meeting was organised in collaboration with Kaduna State Basic Education Accountability Mechanism, KADBEAM to drive public private dialogue on education and insecurity.
Co-Chair, KADBEAM Tijjani Aliyu, pointed out that education was the business of everyone, adding that insecurity was affecting the smooth running of schools and contributing to school dropouts. He explained that the discussions would bring to the front burner the magnitude of security challenges affecting schools in the state for the organisations to suggest the way forward.
Co-Chair (Citizens), Open Government Partnership, Hadiza Aliyu, said the education system was being threatened by the protracted security situation in the country. He noted that vandalism, attack on schools by hoodlums, kidnappings, banditry, and other insecurity issues had continued to impact negatively on the learning environment.
Also speaking, the Executive Director, Dogara Community Development Foundation, Rahila Bainta, stressed the need for communities to identify early signs of impending security challenges so that communities could take proactive steps to mitigate it.
