INSECURITY: A BANE TO EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Insecurity poses a significant threat to Nigerian secondary educational system, the study assessed the impact of insecurity on the overall effectiveness and administration of secondary schools. Using a descriptive research design, the study population comprises teachers, school administrators, and students from six secondary schools each stratified from the three geopolitical zone of Oyo-State totaling eighteen secondary schools in Oyo State were selected randomly after stratification. Random sampling technique was employed to select the number of respondents from the identified strata as follows five teachers, one administrator and ten students per school totalling 90 teachers, 18 administrators and 180 students for the study. A structured questionnaire titled Insecurity and Its Impact on Educational Management in Secondary Schools Questionnaire (IIEMSQ) with reliability index of 0.85 was used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire uses a Likert scale format for responses, with five categories: SA (5), A(4), U(3), D(2), and SD(1). The result indicated that 90% of respondents consider kidnapping a significant factor, 85% of respondents revealed that inter-communal violence also plays a significant role recognizing this as a cause of insecurity , there was composite contributions of independents variables insecurity (kidnapping, terrorism, banditry, and community conflicts) to dependent variables (Educational management) in secondary schools(F (4, 283) = 4.050; P<0.05) also there was significant relative contributions of the independents variables insecurity (kidnapping, terrorism, banditry, and community conflicts) to dependent variables (Educational management) in secondary schools, Kidnapping (â = .167; t = 2.861; P<0.05), Terrorism (â = .144; t = 2.481; P<0.05), Community conflicts (â = .140; t = 2.040; P<0.05), and Banditry (â = .139; t = 1.970; P<0.05). The study revealed that insecurity in Nigeria's secondary education system is driven by a variety of factors, including kidnapping, terrorism, banditry, and community conflicts. Insecurity negatively affects the educational management of schools by disrupting school activities, reducing attendance rates, and lowering teacher performance. The study therefore made recommendations to improve educational management include enhanced security, community involvement, the use of technology, and capacity-building initiatives for teachers and administrators.