50 teachers killed, 520 schools, 1000 classrooms destroyed by B-Haram — Borno Govt

THE Borno State Government has revealed that not less than 350 teachers have been killed, with over 520 schools and 1,000 classrooms destroyed by Boko Haram since 2009.
The Chairman, Borno State  Universal Basic Education Board,  SUBEB, Dr. Shettima Kullima, stated this while breifing journalists at the 14th  quarterly meeting of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, management with Executive Chairmen of SUBEBs, in Abuja themed: Consolidating Basic Education in Nigeria: The Challenges and the Way Forward.
He said the number of students killed is yet to be known because of the Boko Haram occupation of some of the territories.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, while declaring the meeting open, said the Federal Government would ensure that SUBEB chairmen who mismanaged resources would be penalized.
Reiterating the commitment of the state government in re-constructing the destroyed schools, he said: “…in fact, the insurgents destroyed more than 520 schools which translate to over 1,000 classrooms. They also killed more than 350 teachers while the number of students that were killed is uncertain because some of the villages where the schools are located are still under the occupation of the insurgents.”
On efforts the state government is making to ensure that children are in school, he said: “In most of the areas where the insurgents are not occupying, like Maiduguri, Chadi, Biokusa and even the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, schools are going on there.
“Apart from the state government, we are yet to get any support from anywhere particularly from the former administration that treated the state as if we were worse than conquered territory.