Impact of Insurgent Activities on Educational Development of Secondary Schools in North-East, Nigeria

Abstract

This research “impact of insurgent activities on educational development of secondary schools in North-east Nigeria. In any educational system, peace and tranquillity is an antidote for a successful teaching and learning. In recent times, however, quite a number of pupils in primary schools in North-east Nigeria, is caught up in fear as a result of insecurity which did not only affect the school attendance but their lives and property. The area of the study is Northeast The population for this study comprised of 25,294 Students, 591 Teachers and 30 school heads making a total of 25,915. The sample for the study is 400 respondents out of the 25,915 population. The sampling technique used in selecting the respondents is proportionate random sampling since the insurgent activities cut across all the categories of the population. The instrument used for data collection was a semi-structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated through experts in the field of educational foundations. The instrument was tested through test re-test reliability method. While, data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation and the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). And hypotheses were tested using simple regression. The study revealed among others that causes of insurgency are known in Northeast, Nigeria. Insurgent activities have negative effects on primary school students in Northeast, Nigeria since a lot of schools were burnt or closed due to the insurgent activities. Insurgent activities have negative impacts on secondary school teachers in Northeast, Nigeria. Based on these findings, it concluded that the results of this study have revealed the effects and implication of insurgency in primary schools in Northeast, Nigeria. The analysis of the data collected has proved that the insurgent activities have a serious negative effect on government schools in Northeast, Nigeria. From the aforementioned findings and conclusions, the study recommends that: Nigerian Government should address the root and symptom of the problem by eradicating poverty, providing employment to the people and enhancing security efforts.