Far North: stakeholders strive to revive learning process for school dropouts

Due to the Boko Haram hostilities and heavy flooding in the Lagone and Chari, Mayo Sava, and Mayo Tsanaga divisions of the Far North region, thousands of persons have been displaced from their homes.

Among the internally displaced persons, more than 10,000 school-aged children were forced out of their classrooms due to security and social challenges.

In a bid to mitigate the consequences of Boko haram attacks and floods, the Ministry of Basic Education has embarked on a rescue project with the support of the European Union and other partners.

The initiative which seeks to train teachers to meet the educational needs of the affected pupils began recently in the Far North region.

“ It will help the children out of school to have the opportunity to go to school for a second chance. We are expecting to have qualified monitors who will produce quality teaching which will enable these children to acquire competence during the 3 years so they can integrate into the formal education system,” Danki Kiye, Plan International Far North region office coordinator explained.

The teachers were also given supplementary pedagogic tools to enable them carry out their jobs effectively and also for the teaching and learning process.

According to a teacher in Kolofata, Aissatou Adana, the training will be of great help to them as they intend to pass down the knowledge to these children.
“We were trained on how to build projects, how to develop individual lesson notes in mathematics, science and technology, English language, civic and human rights. We also carried out projects on how to plant trees in the school environment,”he said.

The teachers trained in this program are expected to help learners through the primary cycle of education for the period of three years in the different pilot centers in Kolofata and Logone Binie.