This news was coined from the Guardian 27th October, 2022
Stakeholders in the education sector have highlighted areas that needed to be addressed to keep schools safe for all.
Rising from its 2022 yearly summit on achieving safe schools in the country, Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN), during their meeting held recently at The Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, stressed the need to improve the safe schools policy.
Tagged: ‘Towards safe schools in Nigeria,’ the summit engaged different experts responsible for keeping schools safe.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was the chief host and Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, was the guest of honour at the event attended by school owners and administrators, heads of security agencies, teachers, parents, educational institutions and education-focused civil societies, journalists, and students.
They identified school safety issues to include physical violence, such as, attacks by bandits and terrorists; bullying (physical and cyber), gender violence, psycho-social hostility in the school environment, cultism, hooliganism, rape and substance abuse.
Participants noted that safe school project should be a collective responsibility and attract more commitment from stakeholders.
They canvassed more proactive measures to sustain the new relative safety in schools nationwide.
Stakeholders advocated provision of Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to monitor and safeguard lives and properties in schools and encourage construction of perimeter fences around schools nationwide.
