Improved access to Critical Education services to conflict-affected children and youth through the provision of quality, safe, and protective learning Environment in Borno State The project aims to improve access to a safe and quality education system with a focus on girls through increase enrollment. The project will facilitate access to education for vulnerable children to enable them to obtain the bases for integration into the formal education system. The component will integrate gender issues and sensitization to gender-based violence, through teacher training, awareness campaigns and the promotion of equal and safe education for girls, boys, IDPs in targeted locations. To achieve this, Salient will ensure close collaboration with the decentralized services of basic education in Borno and Yobe State, to ensure a conflict-sensitive approach while ensuring respect for Do No Harm principles. The projects result will be achieved through activity packages aimed at strengthening the capacity of education activities at the community level and ensuring the protection of children and adolescents. To ensure a consistent and comprehensive response, the project will be developed through the prisms of gender and conflict mitigation, which are two concomitant perspectives to the dissemination of the principles of protection in the project.

The focus of this project is to: Increase access to safe, quality and inclusive education opportunities (formal and non- formal) for conflict affected children, adolescent and youth through addressing the specific barriers of girls and boys in the view of improving retention and completion, achieving better learning outcomes and improving access to livelihood and employment opportunities for youth in Dikwa and Damaturu LGAs of Borno and Yobe State.

Also the projects aims to achieve this objectives through Purchase, pre-positioning and distribution of education material for TLS and classrooms as well as to be used for out of school/home learning Implementation of alternative education such as radio learning programme and other remote learning option where possible to allow out of school to access to education system Training for teachers and SBMCs, according to their role, in Remedial Education, Catch Up Program and Accelerated Education. Counselling services for children including adolescents Document impact of school attacks on learner and communities to aid response and prevention, Procurement and provision of dignity kits to young girls, and MHM training Conduct child-to-child hygiene education activities Implementation of alternative education such Remedial Education, Catch Up Program and Accelerated to ensure a soft returning to school Distribution/strengthen of hygiene items to students and families at schoolProvision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for teachers, children and SBMCs
Provide/Improve/strengthen hygiene resources at schools such as handwashing facilities, water filters and cleaning materials. Training of learners, teachers and SBMCs level on safe schools for prevention and response, Develop school response protocols for when attacks do happen Train monitors to document attacks on education to aid prevention, response and assistance to victims Context-specific training for teachers, including COVID-19 prevention/response measures: hygiene promotion lessons and education activities, with particular focus on measures concerning COVID19Training for School-based Management Committees (SBMCs) on psycho-social
support and SEL Context-specific training for SBMCs including COVID-19 prevention/response measures.