Hello Nairalanders! Its no longer news that the violence which has in the recent times to now, bedevilled the Jos metropolis and its environs, is gradually approaching its climax. Having sprung up since almost the beginning of the millenium, has in no small measure affected negatively the acquisition of knowledge, be it formal or informal. To start with; crisis is ordinarily a state of uncertainty and insecurity, often leading to dangerous situations affecting individual's life and properties. Simply put education has to with processes leading to enlightenment and acquisition of knowledge. What really would prompt anyone to drafting this, has to do with the straw meant to break the camel's back, as such my dilemma is not far fetched from this and other issues relating to the loss of lives and properties. It will be recalled that today, marks exactly one week, since violence engulfed some environs of the Jos metropolis, mainly grounds of religious suspicions, which as a result; halted academic progress, from the lowest to the highest. To day marks exactly one week, since pupils, students and teachers alike felt the warmt of their classrooms and office, today marks one week since pupils, student and teachers were forced to fled scampering helter-skelter for safety. Now talking about the effects of this on the economy it started at a time where most proprietors were beginning to dust pay-roll sheets and making ready envelops to be disbursed sealed, with the process now disrupted and ever since nothing done about it. Leaving school's employees left at the mercy of their fierce creditors. Not to even mention teachers whose jobs stands to be abandoned. Next unwanted relocation has now become the order day as the defenceless are left the only option of survival by fleeing their homes with a no possible hope of return, which might in turn meant to transfer wards to schools located on safer grounds but often substandard. In addition, some may have to battle with adapting to unfriendly climatic conditions. Furthermore is the non-proximity of institutions, a situation where pupils and students ought to trek 10-15 kilometres daily. None the less inaccessibility of routes is no different from the aforementioned not for any reason, but because shorter roads are often found to be too dangerous to access, this has not only led to the close down of institutions but posing greater threats to the lives of pupils and students. The age long Jos crisis has led to complete loss of confidence amongst the younger generation, whose future was or is being tempered with, by long absence of staying out of school. This has more or less contributed immensely to the increasing number of drop-outs adding to the teeming of populace, categorised as either unemployed or underemployed. Another effect has been the lagging currently expererienced in the educational sector. Well it is a well known fact that the school's calender is drafted in a manner that it does not give room for lapses, failure or carry over as commonly thought. Well this section greatly affects those in the higher institutions where student hardly graduate as estimated. Not to even mention the inabilities witnessed in pupils and students trying to compete among pairs studying in other distanced places. Finally it is now evidenced that relevant authorities are doing little or nothing about issues affecting the educational sector, as this happens to be the sector mostly affected by violence. Leaving school structures belonging to religious organisations being destroyed at the slighest opportunity (ies) given. Now my humble verdict is: if the government can protect banks why not schools? If aggrieved individuals can pour out their griviences on schools why not banks? May be its as a result of the little relevance and importance Africans place on Western education. Which in turn makes institutions of learning the victims of violence designed by our own hands, and now, what can the government do to alleviate the plight of the Jos student and teacher? Remains the big topic of debate