Abstract
The paper Examine effects of Insecurity on
Students Enrolments and Academic performance of Secondary Schools in Niger
state. Schools are under violent attack that range from kidnapping of both
students and teachers to outright destruction of live and property by unknown
gunmen has become complex over time. The study tries to assess the effects of
insecurity on secondary schools’ enrolments and academic performance. Data for
the study were generated from primary and secondary source. Questionnaire and
interview are the instruments used for primary data. The secondary data used in
the study were the Niger state ministry of education school enrolments and school’s
external examination record. Four staff of secondary education board,
principals, teachers, and traditional rulers were purposively selected for an
interview. The population of the study was 2545a and sample size is 333
respondents drew from researcher advisers table 2006. The paper adopted both
stratified random sampling for quantitative and purposive sampling for
qualitative data. Both inferential statistics were used in testing and
analyzing the data obtained. Simple linear regression was used in testing
hypothesis using SPSS computer package (version 23.0). Structural
functionalisms theory was adopted as a theoretical frame work. The study found
that insecurity has significant negative effects on enrolments and academic
performance of selected secondary school in Niger state. The study recommends
among others that government should set up a committee responsible for
evacuating and relocating of the affected students from insecurity prone
arrears to a more secure environments or schools in other to reduce the
declining rate of enrolments.
Keywords: Insecurity, Kidnapping, Academic Performance, School Enrolments
author/Muktar A. Ahmad, Prof. Musa Idris & Dr Habib M. Ahmad
journal/FUJPAM Vol. 2, No. 1
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