Insecurity, lack of play undermining children’s cognitive learning in Nigerian schools — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed interest that insecurity and the deficiency of capable play opportunities successful schools are negatively affecting the cognitive improvement and learning outcomes of children crossed Nigeria.
DAILY POST reports that UNICEF warned that the inclination could person semipermanent consequences for children’s acquisition attainment and wide well-being.

Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Lagos, stated this successful her remarks astatine the 2026 International Day of Play solemnisation and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Media Dialogue and Play Day lawsuit held successful Lagos.

The event, themed “Protect Play, Protect Childhood,” was organised by UNICEF successful collaboration with the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB).

Lafoucriere, successful her remarks, lamented that successful caller months, galore children had been taken into captivity from their schools successful Borno, Niger, Kebbi and Oyo states.

She said immoderate of the children were inactive successful captivity and had yet to instrumentality home.

She besides lamented that immoderate children could not play due to the fact that their schools were overcrowded, with nary space, nary clip and nary materials, portion others were excessively acrophobic to travel to school.

According to her, “Let maine commencement with our children. We are gl...