Causes, Forms and Consequences of Insecurity on Nigerian Educational System: Implications for Educational Managers

Abstract

This paper discusses on the Causes, Forms and Consequences of Insecurity on Nigerian Educational System: Implications for Educational Managers. Secondary data were used to support the points raised in the paper. The data were sourced from print materials and online publications by recognized institutions and individual authors. The paper identified nonchalant attitude of school administrator on security, Lack of comprehensive school security policy to guide action, Non execution of security duties by incompetent guards, etc. as the causes of insecurity in educational system in Nigeria. The paper also identified physical violence, battery and assault, burning of schools or fire outbreaks, abduction and kidnapping of persons, false imprisonment and detention of students, armed robbery, stealing and trespassing, burglary and vandalism, rape, sexual harassment and prostitution, bombings and school shootings, etc. as some of the forms of insecurity found in educational system. The paper has as well identified loss of manpower in educational institutions, poor quality of education, destruction of infrastructural facilities, and discouragement of educational pursuit by children, resort to foreign education and internal displacement of learners among others as some of the consequences of insecurity on Nigerian educational system in Nigeria. In order to address the challenges of insecurity in educational system 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 use of best strategies are honestly and sincerely made available.