Request support on coordination, information management, capacity development or other education in emergencies areas.
Demande de soutien en coordination, gestion de l’information, développement des capacités et autres domaines de l'éducation en situation d'urgence.
لطلب الدعم في مجال التنسيق ، إدارة المعلومات ، تنمية القدرات أو في اي مجال من مجالات التعليم في مناطق الطوارئ
Solicitar apoyo en coordinación, gestión de la información, desarrollo de capacidades u otra áreas en educación en emergencias.
2021 Achievements | Strengthening voices of children in localized education responses in Nigeria
In the Northeast region of Nigeria, the conflict that erupted in 2009 has rendered around 7 million people in need of protection and humanitarian assistance.1 The impact of the crisis on the education system has been severe, leaving generations of children without learning opportunities. Since 2009, 611 teachers have been killed, 19,000 teachers displaced, 910 schools damaged or destroyed, and more than 1,500 schools were forced to close or share infrastructure with other schools in safer locations. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which further exacerbated barriers to education, an estimated 1.6 million school-aged children in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States had never attended school. Girls, internally displaced children, and returnees – who often live in camps far from government schools – are less likely to attend school, and less likely to return when they drop out.
The Nigeria Education in Emergencies Working Group through its 43 partners (1 Government, focal point, 24 national NGOs, 12 International NGOs and 3 UN agencies), has been working to ensure conflict-affected school-age children receive equal access to quality basic education in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. To achieve this goal, the Education Sector developed a multi-year strategy with technical support from the GEC and participation of Education partners.
With support from the GEC, the EiE Working Group identified child safeguarding principles and child participation gaps in partners’ actions; partners signed child participation commitments, and a follow-up matrix to monitor adherence was created. Further, a Joint Education Needs Assessments is ongoing, with support from the GEC’s child participation thematic specialist.
Finally, the Nigeria EiE Working Group is working with a national NGO partner to develop a Localization Strategy to complement its Sector Strategy. It aims to strengthen the role of local actors in decision-making and service delivery, thus gradually cementing their leadership in the coordination of the response, and the GEC is advising on the content of workshops. The strategy is to be finalized in 2022.
