The Role of Education in the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria: an Exploratory Discourse on the Plight of the Devastated Communities in the Northeast of Nigeria

Musa, Aliyu; Kurawa, Gwadabe

Abstract

The focus of this chapter is to analyze the impacts of the Boko Haram insurgency on education in the northeast of Nigeria. It also aims to examine the effectiveness of the educational interventions in the devastated communities in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, and Gombe. It begins with an introduction, in which the origin of the conflict is traced and linked to the group’s campaign of violence that targets schools, teachers, education workers, and students. The chapter discusses and chronologically lists out specific attacks on education and how the attacks have significantly affected access to education and increased the number of out-of-school children. It concludes by looking at the education emergencies that have arisen in the region, how the interventions have tried to address them, and the outcomes of the interventions.

Citation

Musa, A., & Kurawa, G. (2018). The Role of Education in the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria: an Exploratory Discourse on the Plight of the Devastated Communities in the Northeast of Nigeria. In E. Sengupta, & P. Blessinger (Eds.), Strategies, Policies, and Directions for Refugee Education (21-36). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2055-364120180000013002

• Online Publication Date: Nov 16, 2018
• Publication Date: Nov 16, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 8, 2025
• Publisher: Emerald
• Pages: 21-36
• Series Title: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
• Series Number: 13
• Book Title: Strategies, Policies, and Directions for Refugee Education
• Chapter Number: 2
• ISBN: 9781787147980
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/s2055-364120180000013002
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920580