Education is a human right: English-speaking refugee students from Nigeria are eager to continue their studies in Niger

The fate of more than 200 Nigerian female students abducted in Nigeria since April moves the world. Among the estimated 50,000 forcibly displaced persons from Nigeria that have entered Diffa region since last year, there are several hundred students that had to interrupt their studies in Nigeria because of the prevailing insecurity in that country. They are now here in Niger unable to continue their studies in the French language and a curriculum that is alien to them. Hence, UNHCR and the Niger government requested Ms. Felda Asaava, a reputed educationist with rich experience at designing educational programmes in refugee situations, to plan for secondary education for English-speaking students from Nigeria that will begin with the next academic year in October 2014.
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Photo Tamfu©UNHCR July 2014: Nigerian displaced youths at Ajiri Village in Diffa waiting for education