EiE Intervention #1: Temporary Learning Spaces
Temporary learning spaces (TLS) are built in order to conduct educational activities in non-formal settings. UNICEF suggests that only the necessary and minimum effort, time, and resources should be committed to temporary emergency shelter. Additionally, they emphasize the importance of considering the physical environment when establishing TLS. If there are no previous structures or buildings, UNICEF will provide prefabricated tents, poles, and plastic sheets for temporary shelter.
In the context of the northeast Nigeria/Boko Haram conflict, TLS aren't effective. As previously discussed, established schools are already targeted by groups like Boko Haram; if students and teachers gather together in TLS, those spaces will be targeted as well. In northeast Nigeria, TLS put schools and their communities in danger.
