Abstract
Nigeria’s educational program has successfully addressed the needs of many minority populations, including
the physically challenged and the girl child, through initiatives like the National Commission for Nomadic
Education. However, there remain significant gaps in educational access for displaced persons, particularly in
the North West regions of Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States. Educational provision as well as its accessibility
is a constitutional right that must be fulfilled by all Governments. Many displaced persons especially children of
school age in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara Sates are not in school. They are mostly with their parents or at times
alone in the streets roaming about and looking for one kind of assistance or the other. This situation had many a
times prone these innocent children to vulnerability of many types including child labor, sexual harassment and
even kidnappings for ritual gains. Thispaper identify and discussesthe current educational provisions for the
children of the displaced persons and their inadequacies in the three identified states with the view to providing
actionable recommendations to improve infrastructural provision which include among others requesting
governments of the affected states to provide capacity building training support to teachers for enhanced
performance
2024-12-01
Vol. 1 Issue No. 1 December 2024
Articles
Vol. 1 Issue No. 1 December 2024
/ ArticleAN ASSESSMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CHILDREN OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN KEBBI, SOKOTO AND ZAMFARA STATES, NIGERIA
Dr. Ibrahim Muhammad Yabo
Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Shehu Shagari University of Education Sokoto
Ibrayab31@gmail.com
Illiyasu Abubakar
Department of Primary Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto
Iliyasyabo@gmail.com