Safe School Initiative (SSI) in Nigeria: Challenges of Implementation and Way Forward

Abstract

The Safe Schools Initiative was launched at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Nigeria in 2014 by a coalition of Nigerian business leaders working with the United Nations special envoy for Global Education, the Global Business Coalition for Education and World at School. The implementation of the Safe Schools Initiative faced with many challenges. This article discussed the challenges faced with the implementation of the Safe Schools Initiative programme in Nigerian North East Nigeria. This article identified inadequate funding, corruption, poor monitoring and evaluation, political instability, undefined roles of tiers of government, insecurity problem and lack of political will as challenges the Safe Schools Initiative programme faced during implementation in Nigeria. To address this challenges, the article recommended adequate funding of the Safe Schools Initiative programme, improvement in the monitoring and evaluation of the programme, redefine the roles of each tier of government in the implementation of the programme, government should monitor the funds released for the implementation of the programme and ensure the political will of implementing the programme Safe Schools Initiative.