Disasters interrupt schooling regularly in parts of Africa: here’s a solution
SCHOOLS are among the worst institutional casualties of complex disasters. This has been the obvious case with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Boko Haram insurgency and other violent conflicts in Africa, which have caused the suspension and destruction of schools. MARGEE ENSIGN, President, Dickinson College JACOB UDO-UDO JACOB, Visiting International Scholar in International Studies & Political Science, Dickinson College Countless schools have been damaged, closed or destroyed. Untold millions of students have been forced to suspend or to abandon their education because of violence or the pandemic. These disruptions have further blighted the already precarious educational foundation of the continent.…