Abstract

This paper centers its discussion on“the effects ofinsecurity on school administration in the Nigerian educational institutions”. Secondary data were used to support the points raised in the article. The data were sourced from print materials and online publications by recognized institutions and individual authors. This paper identified unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, marginalization, political factors, international influence, and communal crisisas the bane of insecurity in the Nigeria. This paper also identified loss of manpower in educational institutions, poor quality of education, destructions of infrastructural facilities, brain-drain, closure of educational institutions, discouragement of educational pursuit by children, internal displacement of learners,reduction of private investment in education and inadequate funding of education as the impact of insecurity on school administration in Nigeria. In order to address the challenges of insecurity on school administration in Nigeria, the paper recommends among other things:That government should ensure that, the political will to fight all forms of insecurity in the country through the application of best strategies are honestly and sincerely put in place.

Highlights

  • The administration and management of education in Nigeria rests on the Federal, State and Local Governments

  • The paper concluded that insecurity have affected the entire educational institutions in Nigeria

  • Ways Forward To solve the identified problems, the following recommendations are made: a) The government should develop the political will to fight all forms of insecurity in the country through the application of best strategies; b) The Federal Government should deploy security personnel to guide all educational institutions in the country

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

The administration and management of education in Nigeria rests on the Federal, State and Local Governments. The administration of the education system is done through the ministries of education at the federal and state levels, as well as statutory bodies referred to as commissions. Coordination of policy at the political level is handled by the National Council of Education, the highest policymaking body chaired by the Federal Minister of Education and all the State Commissioners of Education. The administration of education in Nigeria is under threat because of the high level of insecurity. This is affecting the social, political and economic aspect of the country. But there have been several reports since the Chibok case in 2014 of governments paying ransom, releasing armed group members from detention or agreeing to halt military operations

Level of Insecurity in Nigerian Educational Institutions
Brain-Drain
Closure of Educational Institutions
Discouragement of Educational Pursuit by Children
Internal Displacement of Learners
Reduction Private Investment in Education
Inadequate Funding of Education
Findings
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