{
  "id": 8275370,
  "title": "FEATURE… “My Name is Fatima Ali, but I can’t spell it”: Children in Adamawa IDP camps face education crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/feature-my-name-is-fatima-ali-but-i-cant-spell-it-children-in-adamawa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:20:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ripples Nigeria",
    "slug": "ripples-nigeria",
    "url": "https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/feature-my-name-is-fatima-ali-but-i-cant-spell-it-children-in-adamawa-idp-camps-face-education-crisis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fourteen years after Boko Haram’s insurgency displaced thousands from Gwoza, Mubi, Michika and Madagali, many children in Adamawa’s IDP camps remain out of school, growing into adulthood without completing any grade. While government and donor programmes report tens of thousands \"returned to learning,\" families in these camps tell a different story. Bankole James reports from Yola, Nigeria — Aishat Umaru, 15, has spent the past two to three years stitching caps for sale. She has never been to school, having dropped out of Primary 2 when her family fled Boko Haram. Aishat, and countless other displaced children, face a crisis: they have not completed a single grade of school. Nigeria's Universal Basic Education Act guarantees free, compulsory education for nine years, yet Adamawa remains one of the country’s epicenters for out-of-school children. The state’s education authorities acknowledge the problem but dispute figures on the exact number of affected children, complicating efforts to address the issue. Despite initiatives like enrollment drives and programs focused on foundational literacy and accelerated basic education, enrolment alone often fails to sustain displaced children in formal education. Families like Aishat’s face ongoing challenges, with many reporting never receiving government or organizational support. The statistics highlight a broader issue: displaced children in Adamawa’s IDP camps are falling through the cracks, with enrolment being just the first step in a long chain of obstacles they face.",
  "summary": "Fourteen years after Boko Haram’s insurgency emptied Gwoza, Mubi, Michika and Madagali, thousands of displaced children in Adamawa remain locked out of classrooms, growing into their teenage years without ever finishing a single grade of school. Government and donor programmes report tens of thousands of children “returned to learning” but inside these displacement camps where the crisis is most…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}