The United Nations Children’s Fund has revealed 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 by its Deputy Executive Director, Justin Forsyth, 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.
UNICEF said, “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 the country’s future.
