Education in Emergency Working Group’s Statement on Education Response in Dikwa Local Government Area, Borno State
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The Education Sector is deeply concerned and saddened by the occurrences of violence in Dikwa Local Government Areas (LGA), Borno State, Northeast Nigeria and its’ surrounding region reoccurring over the past month. Education is a human right and no child should be deprived of the right to access safe and inclusive learning. Attacks on schools and learning activities are one of the six grave violations against children in times of war. The Safe Schools Declaration (SSD) to which Nigeria ratified in December 2019 commits to the protection of schools in armed conflict; access to continuous safe and inclusive places of learning.
The impact of explosive weapons on children’s education
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Schools are sanctuaries. They guide children through infancy to adulthood, but they also provide essential services such as food, shelter, and clean water; they protect the vulnerable from exploitation; and they act as a line of defence against the crimes of child marriage, child soldiering, and child labour.
When a rocket hits a school the horror of the attack dominates media coverage for a brief but intense period. Less attention is given to the longer-term effects of such violence and educational disruption to children and their community. This short report endeavours to examine the effects of explosive violence on schools
The United Kingdom reaffirms strong support for the work of the Special Representative. We remain deeply concerned by the alarming number of grave human.
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