Benue State University, Makurdi

SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE: A NECESSARY TOOL FOR PROMOTING SAFE AND SECURE CHILDREN’S ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN THE 21 ST CENTURY

Elizabeth O. Ihekoronye and Jovita C. Opara

Basic education is a fundamental level of education which equips the learners with basic knowledge of literacy, numeracy and communication skills; thereby laying a very solid foundation for life-long learning. The extent to which children have full access to basic education in Nigeria may be largely dependent on how they perceive the school environment to be safe and secure for effective teaching and learning. Thus, the issue of safe school is a major concern to all stakeholders in education and it remains very essential for both students and teachers. This work therefore focused on safe school initiative as a tool for promoting safe and stable children’s access to basic education in Nigeria in the 21 st century. It discussed elaborately the concepts of safe school and safe school initiative, historical dimensional of safe school initiative in Nigeria, incidences of unsafe school environment in Nigeria, benefits of safe school to children’s access to basic education and benefits of safe school to children’s access to basic education.

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