YOBE SCHOOL DESTROYED BY INSURGENTS RESUMES CLASSES AS UNICEF DONATES SHADES
Yobe primary school burnt down by Boko Haram insurgents is set to resume classes for the pupils to continue their education as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is providing temporary learning shades.
The information was disclosed during a visit midweek by the Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Musa Alabe, who was there at the village to assess the level of damage.
Assuring the community that the school will resume within two weeks, Alabe who accompanied on the visit by UNICEF officials and the security adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni, Dahiru Abdulsalam, said UNICEF offered to help the state government ensure the immediate reopening of the school.
He also noted that the state can no longer close down schools indefinitely because of the insurgents.
“Boko Haram cannot stop us from educating our children. We are renovating and constructing 14 Temporary Learning Shades for the Katarko Primary School through the assistance of UNICEF.
“We are resolute, determined, and defiant not to allow such attacks to demoralize us. We are hopeful in two weeks to commence classes.”
The school, a military base, and a primary healthcare center were burnt down during a recent attack on Katarko village by Boko Haram.
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