Kaduna State: Stakeholder Advocates Climate Education In School

Mallam Nurudden Bello, the Director of Womenhood College of Health Science and Technology in Kaduna State, North-West, Nigeria, emphasizes the significance of educating school students on effective ways to combat issues related to climate change and environmental degradation through awareness.

He expresses his delight over the visit by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Climate Change to the school, where hundreds of students were sensitized about climate change.

According to him, climate change poses a threat to the existence of humans, animals, and other living organisms.

These sentiments were echoed during the Awareness Week at the school, where the Department of Environmental Science and Dentistry invited the Kaduna State Government’s Special Assistant on Climate Change, Honorable Yusuf Idris Amoke.

Nurudden Bello points out that the entire country is experiencing extreme heat due to climate change, emphasizing the need to engage students in learning various ways to protect their environment and ecosystem.

Global Warming Education
In response, Honourable Yusuf Idris Amoke stresses the importance of educating students on issues related to global warming and methods to mitigate environmental degradation.

While highlighting the significant role climate education plays in raising awareness among students about coexisting with plants and animals in their environment.

He further advocates for the presence of trees in all schools to combat erosion and other forms of environmental degradation, while calls for the establishment of ‘Green Clubs’ in all schools across the 23 local  government areas of the state.

Yusuf  Amoke added that geography studies empower students in learning various way to protect their environment, asserting that geography teaching is at its best when it equips young people with skills for an increasingly globalized economy.

He then suggests on “ways to spread awareness on climate change in the country, including sharing news on social media, citing scientific research and evidence, providing real-life examples, discussing global solutions to the problem, and encouraging personal actions to fight climate change.”

Amoke, however, concluded by proposes hanging up awareness posters and creating art related to climate change in order to sensitize students through drawing.

Shakirat Sadiq