By Teddy Nwanunobi
In order to help in their post-traumatic stress disorder management, following their abductions from their various schools, EduReach has offered “a two-year full scholarship to all the rescued students of the Kebbi and Niger states abductions.”
New National Star reports that EduReach is an online educational ecosystem that delivers both Nigerian and Cambridge curricula for primary and secondary students.
Addressing a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, the CEO of STEM Child Academy, Mamu Alhaji Muhammad, noted that none of the abducted students, when rescued, would want to go back to their schools again, due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Muhammad, who is also the Founder of STEM-EduReach, therefore, called for collective support to “heal and rebuild their confidence.”
“Even for those rescued, the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) poses a serious threat to their ability to return to learning. It is, therefore, our shared responsibility to support these children in every way possible as they heal and rebuild their confidence. In view of this, EduReach is offering a two-year full scholarship to all rescued students of the Kebbi and Niger abductions,” he stated.
Muhammad also decried the continued rise of out-of-school children in the North.
“Harmful cultural practices such as early marriage and teenage pregnancy, combined with structural challenges like poverty, continue to weaken the sector. The abduction of schoolchildren threatens to swell the ranks of out-of-school children, as these acts of terror are intended to instill fear and discourage parents from sending their children to school. Prolonged insecurity has already deprived hundreds of thousands of children across Northern Nigeria of their right to basic education,” he lamented.
It would be recalled that 14 secondary school students and 239 nursery and primary pupils – bringing the number to 253 children – were kidnapped by armed men who invaded the St. Mary’s Catholic Schools, Papiri community in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State on Friday, November 21, 2025. The figure does not include five teachers and seven non-academic staff (12) who were also kidnapped.
In Kebbi State, 23 girls were kidnapped by armed assailants from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School on November 17, 2025. They have since regained freedom and reunited with their families.
“We have written to the respective state governments to formally extend this offer of our contribution to the students’ recovery and reintegration into learning. We urge all stakeholders to join hands in confronting the challenges that have long plagued our education sector. No child should be denied the right to safe, equitable, and quality education,” Muhammad added.