United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) has appealed to the government at all levels to, as a matter of necessity make some amount of money, available for public primary and secondary schools across the country.
This initiative according to the Fund will help save some minor and petty challenges in the schools before they escalate due to government bureaucratic processes that may delay before the government makes provision.
The advice forms part of findings and recommendations from the Minimum Standards for Safe Schools’ scorecards, a policy document to enhance safety around schools in the country.
Speaking during a presentation at the State level workshop for Education stakeholders on Safe School Implementation which was held at Government College, Ibadan on Tuesday, an Education Specialists (Safe School), UNICEF, Mr Believe Eke lamented that many states are not doing well enough in implementing the Safe School Policy.
He said UNICEF embarked on the stakeholders’ workshop to enlighten and sensitise all stakeholders in the education sector on their roles to translate from the level of mere policy formulation to action and implementation of the Safe School Policy of the Federal government.
He said: “What we are doing as UNICEF is to support the safe schools in Nigeria and like I said during the presentation, what we are doing is just moving from policy to action. We supported the Government in developing a lot of policies, the minimum standard for a safe school, the national policy for safety security, and violent-free schools.
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