Protective Role of Education in Emergencies: A Case of Terre Des Hommes’ Interventions in Mohammed Goni Stadium Internally Displaced Person’s Camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the protective role of Terre des hommes' education in emergency interventions in MGS IDP Camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The Basic Needs theory was adopted in this study as a theoretical tool of analysis. This study is a survey research. Data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. The population of the study is 1,863, comprising the following subgroups: Terre des hommes' Parents, Teachers and School Based Management Committee (SBMC), as well as BOSUBEB and BOSAME supervisory committees for education in emergencies projects in MGS IDP Camp. The sample size of the study is 319. This figure was determined using the Raosoft sample size calculator at 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error. A disproportionate stratified sampling technique was applied to determine the appropriate sample proportion of each stratum. Questionnaire and Key Informant Interview (KII) were the survey research instruments used to generate quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. This study established that there is a significant protective role of education in emergencies as a result of Terre des hommes interventions in MGS IDP Camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. However, the organization's vision to provide children with safe, equitable and impartial access to education may be short-lived because of the risks of child labour and child, early and forced marriage. This study, therefore, recommends, amongst others, that Terre des hommes should compile and keep up–to–date detailed information and statistical data on the nature and extent of child labour and child, early and forced marriage in camp and non-camp settings to serve as a basis for determining priorities for action for the prohibition, elimination and abolition of these practices.