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Niger set to reopen 42 schools shut down over insecurity
The Niger State Government has announced plans to reopen 42 public schools that were shut down in the state as a result of insecurity ahead of resumption for the new academic year.
Ripples Nigeria recalls that the state government shut the 42 schools in 2021 at the peak of frequent invasion of some boarding schools across the state.
The schools to be reopened are mostly located in Wushishi, Lavun and Gurara local government areas of the state.
Hadiza Mohammed, the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, disclosed this when she held an emergency meeting with major stakeholders in the education sector in Minna on Wednesday, adding that the decision to reopen the schools was as a result of improved security in the affected communities.
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Those in attendance at the meeting included Officials of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT, those of the Parents Teachers Association, (PTA) Heads of Schools as well as officials of the ANCOPSS.The Commissioner said: “The Ministry has concluded Plans to establish an online data capturing of all teachers as part of the preparation for the reopening of the schools. Indexing of students will now be initiated right from the Early Child Education (ECCDE) class to Senior Secondary class (SSS) and Early Child Care Department Education has been made compulsory as no child will be admitted into primary class without undergoing ECCDE
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