IMPACTS OF BOKO HARAM ON BASIC, ISLAMIC AND WESTERN EDUCATION IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, BORNO STATE

Abstract

ABSTRACT Basic, Islamic and Education sector in Maiduguri has come under threats since the emergence of series of attacks by a terrorist sect called ‘Boko Haram’. This work examined Basic Education and Challenges of Insecurity in Maiduguri Metropolitan Area from c.2009-2015. It discusses various ways in which the activities of Boko Haram have affected Basic education in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in the north east of Nigeria. The study was conducted through a field research that involved oral interviews, observation and elicitation. The study discussed brief history of education in Maiduguri (both the western and Islamic), contributions of an Sangaya scholar Sheikh Abubakar El-miskin El-Barnawi in spread of Islamic knowledge in Maiduguri, role of government in promoting Islamic education, the Islamiyya system of education and its challenges, biography of Boko Muhammad Yusuf, evolution of Boko Haram and their activities against basic Islamic and western education systems, their philosophy, sources of funds and membership and leadership structure. The data analysis revealed that the Boko Haram insurgency has affected the education sector resulting into the destructions of more than 500 classrooms, in Maiduguri, killing of about 300 teachers and students in 2013 including those murdered at Ansarudeen primary and secondary Maiduguri.