SCHOOLS’ SAFETY, HEALTH AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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2021-08-07
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Ethics and standard are both important factors in the quality of a school. This paper examinesthe basic knowledge on how to deal with school safety and health issues in a learning environment. Every school manager needs a working knowledge of the occupational safety and Health Act, its purpose, standards, managements roles in safety, as well as staff!students and school management rights and responsibilities. "ccupational safety law i.e the legal environment, #reach of statutory duty and causes of accidents were also discussed. The paper suggested that in preventing accidents in order to ensure schools health and safety, the school must perform two basic activities$ reducing unsafe conditions and reducing unsafe acts so as to promote effective learning environment. %n conclusion, instituting a basic facility security programme involves analyzing the current level of risk and then installing mechanical, natural and organizational security systems. Recommendations were made among which are that there should be formulation of school safety and health committee which should comprises of all representative of the school stakeholders. As part of pre(requisites for establishment of educational institutions, safety and health should be given priority
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School Safety, health, Learning Environment, Unsafe Conditions, Unsafe Acts