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The United Nations Children ’s Fund
has said that over 2 , 295 teachers lost
their lives and 19 , 000 people were
displaced in the North - East since the
Boko Haram insurgency started in
2009.
Also, the organisation , in a statement
issued by its Deputy Executive
Director , Justin Forsyth and obtained
by our correspondent , noted that over
57 per cent of schools in Borno State ,
the worst - affected by the crisis , may
remain closed in the 2017 / 2018
academic session.
The statement read , “ Almost 1 , 400
schools have been destroyed with the
majority unable to open because of
extensive damage or because they are
in areas that remain unsafe. An
estimated 3 million children are in
need of emergency education support .
“ Children in northeastern Nigeria are
living through so much horror . In
addition to devastating malnutrition ,
violence and an outbreak of cholera,
the attacks on schools is in danger of
creating a lost generation of children ,
threatening their and the countries
future.
“ Some children living in camps for the
displaced in Borno State , are , however,
actually benefiting from education for
the first time in their lives . In the
Muna Garage camp on the outskirts of
Maiduguri, for example, an estimated
90 per cent of students were enrolled
in school for the first time.
“ In the three most - affected states of
northeastern Nigeria , UNICEF and
partners have enrolled nearly 750 , 000
children in school this year,
establishing over 350 temporary
learning spaces, and distributing
almost 94 , 000 packs of learning
material that will help children to get
an education .”
The UN agency also said it has started
working with partners to rehabilitate
schools and classrooms , as well as
train teachers to build a stronger
education system for the future .
During a three- day visit to Maiduguri,
Forsyth was said to have met with
families and children affected by the
conflict who told him of their fear and
the dire conditions they faced while
living under the Boko Haram
insurgents.
“ To date , nearly 1 million children
have been displaced by the crisis and
450 ,000 children under the age of five
are expected to suffer from severe
acute malnutrition this year. The use
of children as human bombs – close to
100 so far this year – has sown a
climate of mistrust among
communities in the North East , and a
cholera outbreak has affected more
than 3900 people, including over 2450
children.
“ UNICEF’s life - saving emergency
programmes in northeast Nigeria
remain underfunded. With only three
months left in the year , UNICEF has a
40 per cent finding gap in its needs
for 2017, ” the statement added.
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