The Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country constitutes a grave danger to education in the area.
This disclosure was made yesterday by the minister of education, Malam Ibrahin Shekarau, while delivering a keynote address at the 60th National Council on Education Summit, in Abeokuta.
Shekarau said all efforts must be directed at overcoming the security challenges for normalcy to return to the affected areas.
?The prevailing insecurity situation in the north eastern part of Nigeria has disrupted academic life in a number of our public schools. Nigerian educational institutions and students have become endangered due to attacks. We can no longer afford to underestimate the need to map out coordinated action plan for our institutions to always be on security alert.
?There is the need for us to continually review security issues in our institutions so as to protect our children from harm,? Shekarau said.
In his welcome address, Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, stressed the importance of education to the development of any nation.
?It is generally known that a nation that attaches the desired importance to its educational development achieves considerable socio-economic advancement to the benefit of its citizenry and contribute significantly to their well being.
?This is why countries of the world that are economically backward are also the most educationally disadvantaged,? he said.
