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Sokoto Educational Review

Education is the bedrock for national unity and integration. In schools, through interaction with... more Education is the bedrock for national unity and integration. In schools, through interaction with peers and mates from the different ethnic, religious and socio-economic background, children become socialized, integrated and united for they have one goal to achieve. This paper examines education and religion in Nigerian multi-ethnic society as factors for national unity and integration. The conceptual clarification of education, religion and ethnicity were made. Religious and ethnic problems in Nigerian schools were highlighted and discussed. Based on the points raised, the paper recommended among others that, religious and ethnic tolerance should be incorporated in the curriculum of both primary and secondary schools. This could be of great help in solving the religious and ethnic problems in Nigeria.

Abstract Schools are often sites of intolerance, discrimination and violence. Girls are proportio... more Abstract
Schools are often sites of intolerance, discrimination and violence. Girls are proportionately the victims. Closing the gender gap means confronting sexual violence and harassment in schools. This paper views the concept of gender, violence, gender based violence, and school-based management committee. The paper also examines the types of gender based violence in secondary schools such as bullying, kidnapping and abduction, and sexual abuse and harassment. Factors identified to be promoting gender based violence in and outside the basic schools environment include school distance, the media and lack of girl-friendly school environments. Challenges identified in this paper to be hindering school-based management committee from preventing gender based violence include poor implementation of laws protecting the right of a child, lack of communities cooperation and lack of expertise among the school-based management committee (SBMC) members: The ways forward recommended for preventing gender based violence in the perspectives of SBMC include the following; The SBMCs should emphasize on establishing and revitalizing counseling office in their schools and supporting they school counselors to diligently carry out their duties; SBMCS should engage parents monitoring their children behaviour to prevent them from falling victims of gender based violence or indulge in abusing other children; Also SBMCS should coordinate the teaching positive behaviour through modeling, coaching, prompting, praise, social skills, conflict management, anger management, character education, signing anti- teasing or anti- bullying pledges. This will no doubt reduce violence incidents in secondary schools. The paper therefore, recommended that educational managers should facilitate the removal of culture and traditional norms hindering women participation through legal instruments and policies. It is also recommended that there should be continued sensitization of community members on gender issues that do not go contrary to Islamic religion. This is because, any issues that will affect the religion of Islam may not yield a better result in the North.
Keywords: Gender, Violence, Gender Based Violence, School-Based Management Committee, Secondary School.

Sokoto Educational Review

Education is the bedrock for national unity and integration. In schools, through interaction with... more Education is the bedrock for national unity and integration. In schools, through interaction with peers and mates from the different ethnic, religious and socio-economic background, children become socialized, integrated and united for they have one goal to achieve. This paper examines education and religion in Nigerian multi-ethnic society as factors for national unity and integration. The conceptual clarification of education, religion and ethnicity were made. Religious and ethnic problems in Nigerian schools were highlighted and discussed. Based on the points raised, the paper recommended among others that, religious and ethnic tolerance should be incorporated in the curriculum of both primary and secondary schools. This could be of great help in solving the religious and ethnic problems in Nigeria.

Abstract Schools are often sites of intolerance, discrimination and violence. Girls are proportio... more Abstract
Schools are often sites of intolerance, discrimination and violence. Girls are proportionately the victims. Closing the gender gap means confronting sexual violence and harassment in schools. This paper views the concept of gender, violence, gender based violence, and school-based management committee. The paper also examines the types of gender based violence in secondary schools such as bullying, kidnapping and abduction, and sexual abuse and harassment. Factors identified to be promoting gender based violence in and outside the basic schools environment include school distance, the media and lack of girl-friendly school environments. Challenges identified in this paper to be hindering school-based management committee from preventing gender based violence include poor implementation of laws protecting the right of a child, lack of communities cooperation and lack of expertise among the school-based management committee (SBMC) members: The ways forward recommended for preventing gender based violence in the perspectives of SBMC include the following; The SBMCs should emphasize on establishing and revitalizing counseling office in their schools and supporting they school counselors to diligently carry out their duties; SBMCS should engage parents monitoring their children behaviour to prevent them from falling victims of gender based violence or indulge in abusing other children; Also SBMCS should coordinate the teaching positive behaviour through modeling, coaching, prompting, praise, social skills, conflict management, anger management, character education, signing anti- teasing or anti- bullying pledges. This will no doubt reduce violence incidents in secondary schools. The paper therefore, recommended that educational managers should facilitate the removal of culture and traditional norms hindering women participation through legal instruments and policies. It is also recommended that there should be continued sensitization of community members on gender issues that do not go contrary to Islamic religion. This is because, any issues that will affect the religion of Islam may not yield a better result in the North.
Keywords: Gender, Violence, Gender Based Violence, School-Based Management Committee, Secondary School.