 Now education is under attack in Nigeria with mass school abductions being reported every other month and it is a time like this that the country is joining the rest of the world to mark the international day to protect education from attack plus TV Africa's Ngozi Kauhejasi reports. It's a few days to the resumption of a new academic year and the management of redditon school is putting things in place to welcome students back. The academic coordinator Adeola Adecerono tells me that one of the major concerns is the safety of students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The children's welfare is of importance to us so the first thing we're going to do is ensure that the children come with their COVID pack which will contain their face mask and their hands sanitizers. COVID-19 aside, it's pretty easy to go to school in Lagos where public basic education is free and private schools although relatively expensive are accessible. The concerns are different in northern Nigeria where school enrollment is low and attacks on schools are increasing. Education is very accessible in Lagos state because if you look everywhere by time you move to one street to another you will see a school but in the northern states due to the banditry like you mentioned a lot of schools have had to shut down because of the kidnapping and the insurgency and the banditry. No fewer than 1400 students have been kidnapped from their schools in northern Nigeria since March 2020. According to SBM intelligence, 17 teachers have been adopted, 16 people killed and more than 200 million are paid in ransom since then. As a result of that, some states have been forced to close schools. Confident McHurry is the security analyst at SBM intelligence It's evident that education in Nigeria is under attack. And as the world marks this day, parents, educationists and every concerned citizen wishes authority can do better to protect our schools. Education can be a door opener and social leveler. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.