Laudably, the African Union (AU) declared 2024 the “Year of Education” to gift the continent with resilient and inclusive education systems offering lifelong, quality, and relevant education.
But the year has also seen a meteoric rise in violent incidents which make Africa’s education institutions unsafe spaces. Violent incidents in African schools rose dramatically by 20 per cent from 341 in 2022 to 411 in 2023, according to a…
