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    Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers The History’s Lesson: Anthropological Crisis Not Economic The School of Athens that Raphael painted starting in 1508 when, aged 25, he was called to Rome by Pope Julius II. Raphael grew up during the Italian High Renaissance and drew (Figure 1). The leading lights of that era are all there, gathered around the two central characters: Plato, his finger pointing skywards to indicate the world of ideas and the spirit, and Aristotle, who instead stretches out his hand palm down to indicate the real world and scientific experience. The world of ideas and the spirit can never be divorced from an empirical quest for truth. So, everything must be focused on a search for what is true, for beauty, to promote the primary aim: the fulfilment of human happiness. But the world was by no means a paradise in either ancient Athens or in Raphael’s time. Both were times in which life was generally extremely hard, unrefined...

Juniper Publishers-Social Sciences Policy Brief Executive Summary a) Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world, and most of its primary schools are ill-equipped [1]. b) Low levels of education in north-east Nigeria have also been exacerbated by the Boko Haram insurgency, as a result of which 1,400 schools were damaged, more than one million children forced out of school, while 2,295 teachers have been killed [1,2]. c) Primary education is a basic right and its availability in post-conflict communities can provide life- saving information, protect children from trafficking, and recruitment by armed groups. d) Considerable effort is needed to ensure that children deprived of educational facilities as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency are given access to alternative schools, as well as develop a long- term programme together with the Nigerian government and local communities to rehabilitate the education sector in the region. ...