Rebuilding the Post-Conflict Educational System in Wukari Local Government Area A Pilot Survey Research Report

Abstract

This paper looks at the currency, the direct effect and implications of the Wukari crisis on both the physical structure of the educational system and the psychology of the system. It also looks at the methods of rebuilding and revamping the post-conflict educational system in Wukari. The study adopts a multi design method of data collection. It used both primary and secondary data within a case study and interpretative context. The conflict transformation theory, within the framework of development discourses is applied in the analysis and aligns with the extant literature that societies that underwent such conflict situation as Wukari need to take a special step towards recovering the system to get education right and bringing it to serve the prime purpose of driving peace-building and post conflict reconstruction of the community’s psyche. To achieve a good and functional educational system in post conflict Wukari, the paper suggests measures to be taken to re-organise the post-conflict education in Wukari. Some of the suggestions which includes; increasing funding for rebuilding damaged school structures and provision of modern facilities; employment of qualified teachers; improving on the teachers’ condition of service and ensuring regular payments; provision of adequate/effective security to allow for a conducive learning environment; strict government supervision of the schools to ensure compliance with the adopted special practices; reintegration of IDPs back into the society and offering free education to students among them; were arrived at from the congruent position of what was applied in successful post-conflict educational re-organisations in the past and supported by views expressed by respondents from the survey conducted for the research.