Effects of Insecurity on Basic Education Administration in Northern Nigeria

Abstract

Insecurity is threatening the development of education in Nigeria. Basic schools, secondary schools and higher institutions are under attack. The continuous attacks on the educational institutions have adverse effects on the school administrators, teachers’ job performance and student's learning. Specifically, the basic education is one of the educational system most affected by the insecurity problem in Nigeria. This paper intends to discuss the effects of insecurity on Basic education in Northern Nigeria. The study used secondary data obtained from published and unpublished sources. Disruption of school administration, learning loss due to school closure, low enrolment, retention and completion rate of Basic school programme, reduction in manpower, disruption in academic calendar of Basic school, killing of students, delay in development or progress of girl's child education and delay in development of Basic education were identified as the effects of insecurity on administration of Basic schools in Northern Nigeria. The paper recommended that government should do everything possible to restore peace in the country by addressing the various problem unemployment, fuel scarcity or increase in fuel price, insecurity and educational institutions should be stable by providing adequate security and resources which should be equitably distributed to all the schools in the northern region.