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    Parents’ and school heads’ perception of effective school security strategies in universal basic education schools in Ilorin, Kwara State.
    (Association of Sociologists of Education of Nigeria., 2012) Balogun Abdulrasaq Olatunji; Ahmed Saliu; Ahmed S.
    The study adopted the survey method of research to find out effective school security strategies as identified by parents and school heads. Two hundred (200) parents and 100 school heads were sampled using cluster sampling technique and random sampling technique respectively. Also, a researcher-made questionnaire titled School Security Questionnaire (SSQ) was used for data collection. The validity of the instrument was determined using content and face validity approaches and its reliability coefficient of 0.68 was obtained using test-retest approach. Collected data were analyzed using frequency count, percentages and t-test statistics tools. Findings revealed that 92.5% of sampled parents and school heads identified parental surveillance as most effective school security strategies for UBE schools followed by safety education, which 84.75% of respondents identified as also effective. On the other hand, 19.5% identified using human and animal security personnel as effective, thus, making this strategy as the least effective. However, significant difference was found in parents and school heads’ perception of effective school security strategies. It was then concluded that while choices of school security strategy in school may differ based on parental and school leadership perception, it is important that parents are urged to be more vigilant in ensuring the safety of their children and wards to and from school. Apart from that, however, there is the need to provide adequate safety education to students, school security personnel and parents so as to keep them abreast of means of securing their life and property.