Alternative schooling for the internally displaced persons in Nigeria: The Asynchronous Instructional Approach.

Abstract

One of the severe consequences of the ongoing insurgency in Northern Nigeria is the astronomical increment of individual that has been rendered homeless. This individual whose population is running into millions are tagged as internally displaced persons"(IDP). They are forced to abandon no, only their ancestral homes but also their source of living and means of education among several other necessities of life. They live in patched camps with no means of education of their children, wives and youth. Thus, the youths are been denied their fundamental right to education. Indeed, the attainment of the United Nations advocacy of education for all is been denied this citizens of Nigeria It is against this sordid state of affairs that this paper attempts to explore the possibility of adopting one of the popular means of educating the youths in the developed nations tagged as asynchronous instruction. The paper highlights the several unique features of this method of education which includes the fact that teaching and learning takes place without the physical interaction and presence of teachers with their students. As a palliative measure, the paper recommends for a policy statement that will mandate telecommunication giants to support the IDP with access to free internet service while the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should liaise with ICT experts in Nigeria Universities to design means of instruction using the synchronous and asynchronous platform.