2018
DOI: 10.1108/ijem-04-2017-0084
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Terrorism and female teacher leadership in girls’ secondary school

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore female teachers and vice principal’s leadership on girls attendance and learning, safety and security issues in rural girls’ schools experiencing Boko Haram insurgencies. The secondary purpose is to recommend innovative educational policy initiatives at the school, community and state levels, so as to ameliorate girls and teachers’ challenges, and to sustain girls in schools. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative educational research orientation and an ethnog… Show more

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“…Those who have not themselves become ill or lost family are still prone to sleeplessness, depression, and anxiety focused on COVID-19 [1] or its related economic fallout [2]. Around the world, people worry about everything from climate change [3] to terrorism [4] to systematic racism [5]; even simply reading about these issues by 'doom-scrolling' on social-media negatively impacts people's emotional state [6]. Political differences are tearing families apart [7,8] as we continue to see increased violence against women [9] and, in the United States, the need for regular school shooter lockdown drills [10].…”
Section: Positive Creativity In a Negative Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those who have not themselves become ill or lost family are still prone to sleeplessness, depression, and anxiety focused on COVID-19 [1] or its related economic fallout [2]. Around the world, people worry about everything from climate change [3] to terrorism [4] to systematic racism [5]; even simply reading about these issues by 'doom-scrolling' on social-media negatively impacts people's emotional state [6]. Political differences are tearing families apart [7,8] as we continue to see increased violence against women [9] and, in the United States, the need for regular school shooter lockdown drills [10].…”
Section: Positive Creativity In a Negative Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, in 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, burned classrooms, and raped girls (GCPEA, 2018). This tragic incident raised safety‐related concerns and ruptured parents' trust in schools' administration (Usman, 2018). Similarly, the detrimental role of the Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliated groups in Afghanistan also disturbed girls' education (GCPEA, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%