The Impact Of Insurgent Activities On Government Senior Secondary Education In Borno And Yobe States

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Impact Of Insurgent Activities On Government Senior Secondary Education In Borno and Yobe States

Prof. C. E. Edemenang¹, Dr. A. Garba², Dr. M. M. Mande³, Danladi, Jagula Msheliza⁴
School of Education Federal College of Education Technical Gombe

Abstract
This study was on the impact of insurgent activities on government senior secondary education in Borno and Yobe States. Three purpose of the study with three corresponding research questions and hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population comprised of 2600 teaching staff and 276 administrators for Borno and 957 teaching staff and 123 administrators for Yobe State. The sample was randomly selected among the senior secondary schools in those areas while the sampling technique used was proportionate stratified sampling. The instrument used for data collection was “Impact of Insurgents’ Activities on Senoir Secondary Schools in Borno and Yobe States Questionnaire (IIASSSBYQ). The reliability of the instrument was .825. The findings of the result revealed that Students were reluctant to go school for fear of insurgency (.768). Also, the coefficient of influence of insurgency activities on students enrolment reveal that forceful recruitment of student as child soldiers and suicide bombers by insurgency lower enrolment in my school (.817). Conclusions and recommendations were made among which are Nigerian Government should address the root and symptom of the problem by eradicating poverty, providing employment to the people and enhancing security efforts. Government should ensure that there is equity and transparency in the distribution of resources and maintain justice and fairness in resolving conflicts.

Introduction
Despite the increased campaigns and formulation of policies to encourage students’ enrollment in schools, retention and completion of school, still the overall learning process of students and the completion of education among senior secondary school students in north eastern States is not that great. However, the government has continued to invest heavily in improving both the access and quality of education, in an effort to realize the promise of education as well as to achieve the education-related Millennium Development Goals. However, Quality education is depending largely on encouragement from families in the society, provision of school instructional materials and safety. Insurgent has become a threat to many families and students in north eastern States. There are frequent cases of kidnaping, abduction and attack on schools, students,

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