Chibok girls: Expert advocates security education

AN educationist, Alhaji Jamiu Idris, has called on the Federal Government to integrate national and personal security into the curriculum of Civic Education.
Jamiu, who once served as the Secretary of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Lagos wing, said this while reacting to the abduction of the Chibok girls by the Boko Haram sect.
He said: “It is over 100 days that these children have been seized by Boko Haram and I want to suggest that the fight against terrorism should be taken to classrooms where every pupil will be taught how to identify and guard against the incursion of any kind of insurgency.”
Condemning the serial bomb attacks by the sect, which have claimed many lives and property  in the north, Idris said security should be built around the students by regularly updating the education curriculum with new information about security and the antics of Boko Haram and other terrorists.

“If Boko Haram members could stroll to a school and seize more than 200 girls in a jiffy, then the Federal Government must do more than just deploying soldiers or anti-bomb squad in the country. Government must provide employment for teeming jobless youths while also sensitising the students against terrorism,” he said.
Idris, now secretary, NUT, Ekiti State wing, explained that though the teachers had no expertise to fight terrorism, they could help the government enlighten the society and schools about personal and national security.
“Most of the Boko Haram members are youths who have no jobs. Some of them are students who do not have the right education. Everybody has a role to play in this. We should not politicise the fight against Boko Haram. It is a national problem that all of us must fight. I know that Lagos is doing a lot of sensitisation among the pupils and we are doing the same in Ekiti State. This must go round the country to save the life of our children,” Idris said.
He called on teachers and pupils to always raise the alarm whenever they notice any strange movement around their schools and quickly report to appropriate authorities to take action.
“While we are waiting for the peaceful release of the Chibok girls, I think it is a proper thing to do if the government can vigorously take the campaign to schools,” he added.

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