A school in Kuchingoro camp for the internally displaced children.
Miracle (second right) with her friends.
Inside various classrooms in the school are children who may not be able to readily narrate how they arrived at the location but the expressions on their faces tell of how life could have been at where they came from.
In spite of the ordeals, the pupils seem to be grateful for the opportunity to be educated at the camp.
The founder of the school, David Olatunji who is also a pastor, told Naij.com that he founded the school because he felt there was a need for the children to continue with their education irrespective of their ordeals.
He said: “Helping the displaced children was all I could think of at that time; I just believed that the children did not deserve to be left out of their normal school activities.”
He added that as at the time most of the displaced families arrived the camp, he could not find any school within the environment to enrol them.
“We knew we needed to create a bridge that would close the gap and we could not find schools for them, so we decided to start the school, that is why it was named “School Without Walls”.
More pictures below:
Pupils peeping through a tent from one of the classrooms
It’s break time!!
Some of the pupils enjoying their break time
A little girl, one of the pupils craving for more attention
A girl writing in one of the classrooms
Children learning
Pupil indulging in good hygiene process
Little boy showcasing his painting
Pupils in one of the classrooms
Pupils posing at the camera
Friends getting playful
A teacher with her pupils in one of the classrooms
A pupil with his counting material
Counting material for the pupils in primary 2
Pupils going through disciplinary measures
Some of the pupils eating during lunch time
Lunch time at school
Eating time!!
Parents at the camp having conversations
Mothers waiting by the IDP support booth
A United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) said that 10.5 million Nigeria children are out of school.
The report added that 40% of the children aged 6-11 do not attend any primary school with the Northern region recording the lowest school attendance rate in the country, particularly for girls.
It also said a that despite the large figure, a significant increase in net enrollment rates in recent years is estimated that about 4.7 million children of primary school age are still not in school.
The Borno state governor, Kasim Shettima had also said that public school in the state will soon be reopened for the next academic session.
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