CSOs,NUJ meets on cluster safe school initiative in Yobe

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By Yusuf A Yusuf, Damaturu


The civil society organisations(CSOs) in Collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),Yobe state chapter,on Friday organized a one-day roundtable media engagement on ways to enhance basic, inclusive and safe quality education in the North- east through advocacy for increased investment in education.

The executive director, Northeast Youth Initiative for Development evelopment(NEYIF),Comrade Dauda Mohammed said,the media roundtable engagement on cluster safe school initiative in Yobe state "is to talk on the issues of domestication and adoption of national policy on safe-care and balance pre-school in Yobe."

Dauda stated that, the project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through palladium.

He said,"Yobe is one of the states that experienced attacks schools and such believes that the state should adopt the policy developed by the national education cluster to ensure that all recommendations they are put in place to make the schools safe and secure and violence-free for children to attend the school without fair of intimidation or attacks.

"And also our teachers can live up to the expectations because they are not afraid of anything as nothing will happen to them.

"We have also discussed how the media would this possible, advocating and also reporting on what is happening and make the government accountable to ensure that this safe school initiative
comes stay and also budgetary allocations and other releases for the education sector are given a priority."

The roundtable discussion featured paper presentations on the topics, "Addressing School Safery Challenges in Yobe,Role of Media on Cluster Safe School Initiative in Yobe and Enhancing Safe and secured Education for All."


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