EVALUATING EFFECTS OF INSECURITY OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE

Abstract

ABSTRACT

World Bank report (2018) revealed that one of the ways to solve learning crisis is to find truth from fact. In doing this, this research seeks to seek truth from the glaring fact by evaluating the effect of insecurity of school environment on the academic performance and school enrollment of secondary school students in katsina state, Nigeria. This study uses an exploratory sampling method to evaluate the effect of insecurity of school environment on the academic performance and school enrollment of secondary school students in Katsina State. A structured questionnaire tagged “Impact of Insecurity” questionnaire was used to collate data from 159 respondents within Katsina State. The respondents in this study are teachers, parents and guardians that had students in secondary schools or had children of secondary school age. The data collated was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. The result of this study revealed that insecurity has negatively affected secondary school students’ academic performance, school attendance and enrollment rate in Katsina State. The study recommended that as insecurity has impacted the teaching-learning process negatively, it is important that the government and other stakeholder make concerted effort to promote the safe school initiative, and that by the mandate of the Education for all initiative, provide alternative learning facilities with beefed up security for those that have been displaced from their schools due to insecurity