The Safe Schools Initiative will keep falling short until the lack of security beyond school grounds is confronted.
![This photograph shows a deserted classroom at the Government Girls Secondary School, the day after the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls by gunmen in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara State, northwest of Nigeria on February 27, 2021. [Kola Sulaimon / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_93X4B8.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

CEO of Alafarika for Studies and Consultancy, Nigeria
The Safe Schools Initiative will keep falling short until the lack of security beyond school grounds is confronted.
![This photograph shows a deserted classroom at the Government Girls Secondary School, the day after the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls by gunmen in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara State, northwest of Nigeria on February 27, 2021. [Kola Sulaimon / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_93X4B8.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Mass surrenders may weaken armed groups, but reintegration without justice risks fuelling resentment.
