According to Amnesty International, in order to stop assaults on schools, they will work along with the federal government.
On Thursday in Abuja, AI made this announcement at a one-day stakeholders conference on preventing violence against children in schools.
Speaking on the desire of AI to end violence against children in schools, the acting Country Director of AI, Isa Salihu, noted that the organisation will collate solutions and suggestions proffered by stakeholders on violence against children and write these suggestions into a policy document.
Salihu stated, “All the ideas that will be tabled before us at the end of the meeting will be used to write policy suggestions to the Nigerian government and to meet and engage the in-coming minister of education to make sure that there is a strong policy that will protect children from violence in schools.
Recalling three significant incidents of children dying in their schools under highly contentious circumstances, he made clear that the conclusion was that the institutions were either negligent or continued to use outdated and ineffective corporal punishment, which exposed children to violence.
He remarked, “The reason why we are not aware of the scale of the violence in schools is because many parents believe that even when they speak out or seek justice, they will not get it. That is why they don’t have confidence in the justice and criminal justice systems of this country because there is a lack of capacity of the police to conduct thorough investigations, a lack of cooperation between the police and the courts, and corruption.