The Home of Representatives has requested for the incorporation of safety training as a topic within the Main and Secondary Colleges Curriculum.
The Home mandated the Committee on Fundamental Schooling and Providers to make sure implementation.
These resolutions had been sequel to the adoption of a movement titled, “Have to Incorporate Safety Schooling as Core Topic in Nigeria’s Main and Secondary Faculty Curriculum” moved by Hon. Omirin Emmanuel Olusanyo.
The Home harassed the significance of Safety Schooling for fostering information and preparedness, enabling people to know potential threats and take acceptable measures to guard themselves and their belongings.
It additionally defined that safety training prepares college students for up to date challenges in safety, starting from financial, political, social, and environmental threats.
The Home stated Safety Schooling equips college students with the required expertise to direct the varied up to date safety challenges, together with financial, political, social, and environmental threats.
It stated it was conscious of the United Nations Kids’s Fund, UNICEF, report that since 2018, over 30 colleges have been attacked, leading to not less than 2,295 instructor deaths and over 1,000 youngster abductions.
The Home expressed fear that the recurrent assaults and threats in opposition to Nigerian instructional establishments, academics, and pupils are hurting instructional high quality, instructor turnover and perpetuating a tradition of impunity.
The Home stated it was conscious that as a result of escalating insecurity within the nation, it has change into crucial for kids to study defence mechanisms, and grasp first help rules and emergency dealing with expertise.
