Group: Students Threaten Teachers with Charms in Rural Areas in Kwara

A pro-democracy group in Kwara State, ‘Kwara Must Change’, has raised the alarm that public school teachers in the state are facing serious threats from charms being carried about by students in rural areas.

The group said the ugly development has not only led to the displaying of anti-social behaviour and acts of extreme hooliganism, but has also threaten teachers with rape and physical assault.

A statement issued in Ilorin yesterday and signed by the group state Coordinator, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, said: “The alarm raised is based on one of its findings, which is at the forefront of improving public schools in Kwara State.”

It stated that its investigation shows that beyond the normal inconveniences some teachers face as a result of being deployed to rural areas, one of the major challenges is lack of security in the school environments and for the teachers themselves.

Hamzat explained that: “Many teachers who spoke with ‘Kwara Must Change’ told us that the lives of teachers are not safe because of the nature of their rural environment. “Some students come to school with charms, display anti-social behaviour and extreme acts of hooliganism, and when a teacher tries to correct or punish them, they threaten him or her with charms.

“The situation is even more aggravated because when some students are punished or caught with charms, and their parents are informed of such development, they take the side of their children, and such situation had made the students grown out of teachers’ control.