Boko Haram Insurgency and Educational Development in North Eastern Nigeria 2009–2015

This study seeks to investigate Boko Haram (BH) insurgency and educational development in North Eastern Nigeria. The study contends that the activities of BH insurgence have grown not only in proportion but also in composure. The devastations caused in schools, the massacres of pupils in schools and subsequent stoppage of schools, the flight of teachers and pupils and the pervading sense of fear have greatly paralyzed the education system in Northeastern Nigeria, depicting catastrophic consequences both in short and long term basis likely to have a disastrous impact on regional development. The study suggests that the federal government should as a matter of urgency ensure adequate and effective provision of security operatives to prevent further attacks on schools. This can further be strengthened by asking foreign countries for help by deploying their well trained security operatives to the country. When normalcy is achieved, the federal government should provide adequate support to the affected states, by way of rehabilitation and resettlement of those who have been forced to flee the violence and expeditiously include adequate replacements of damaged instructional facilities, rebuilding and renovating of all school buildings destroyed and damaged by Boko Haram for subsequent resumption of normal academic activities.