TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF CAUSES AND MEASURES OF TACKLING STUDENTS’ INSECURITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorOLOKOOBA, I.N
dc.contributor.authorABDULLAHI, S.H.
dc.contributor.authorABDULAZIZ, I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-16T07:41:07Z
dc.date.available2019-10-16T07:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.descriptionOlokooba, I.N., Abdullahi, S.H., & Abdulaziz, I. (2017). Teachers perception of the causes and measures of tackling students insecurity in secondary schools in Kwara state, Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.abstractOne of the social problems that affect the country today is insecurity. It is a problem that bordering every individual in the society, educational sector is not an exception. This study examined teachers’ perception of causes and measures to tackle students’ insecurity in secondary schools in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. It was guided by three research questions. The sample for this study comprised 300 teachers and 113 school administrators selected using a stratified random sampling technique. The instrument is a questionnaire contained four sections. The data collected were analysed using means and standard deviation. The findings of the study showed that the prominent causes of students’ insecurity in secondary schools in Kwara State include the fact that many teachers in schools do not have adequate information on security education which can be used to assist the students. Measures to tackle insecurity in schools include training and re-training of teachers on security education and the roles of school administrators to ensure maximum security in schools also include pay more attention to students’ behaviours and react promptly to any issues that may affect them. Based on these findings, it was recommended that teachers should be trained and re-trained on security education so that they could ensure maximum security of students in the schools, school administrators should also intensify efforts on ensuring maximum security in the schools, intelligence gathering that would involve all stakeholders in education should be encourageden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSELVESen_US
dc.identifier.citationAl-hikmah Journal of Education, 04. (1) 307-314.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2384-7662
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2596
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara stateen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries04. (1) 307-314;
dc.subjectStudents’ insecurity,en_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolen_US
dc.subjectmaximum securityen_US
dc.subjectSchool administrators,en_US
dc.subjectteachers’ perception,en_US
dc.titleTEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF CAUSES AND MEASURES OF TACKLING STUDENTS’ INSECURITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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