Effect Of Banditry On The Education System In Nigeria (A Case Study Of Kaduna State)

Effect Of Banditry On The Education System In Nigeria (A Case Study Of Kaduna State)

Chapter One

Preface

Background Of The Study

Security issues are global issues that must be addressed in order to establish a conducive climate for socioeconomic progress. Insecurity not only endangers residers’ lives and property, but also halts a country’s overall growth( Ekene, 2015; Haruna, 2016). As a result, security and development are inextricably linked( Haruna, 2016; Nwanegbo and Odigbo, 2013; Chandler, 2007 as cited in Ewetan and Urhie, 2014). In utmost African countries, including Nigeria, security challenges have remained a abecedarian manacle to real socioeconomic progress.

colorful forms of violent instability have agonized Nigeria’s political history, including civil war, election- related mayhem, screams and rallies, bellicosity, insurrection, and herdmen/ planter competitions, among others. In recent times, Nigeria has endured a significant reversal in its educational sector, fueled by the reanimation of several security challenges, which include fortified banditry, hijacking , and insurrection, among others, posing a substantial trouble to the country’s public security( Akinbi, 2015; Epron, 2018). States like Zamfara, Taraba, Adamawa, Katsina, Borno, Lagos, Kaduna, Niger, Rivers, and Kogi, among others, have formerly suffered the impact of these new security challenges. According to Olufemi( 2015), Nigerian governments have spent over 462 trillion bones on public security in the last five times. The governments’ sweats to bring the trouble to a halt in order to forestall a total breakdown of law and order appear to have failed to produce the anticipated salutary outgrowth.

The growth of extortionate bandit operations has added a new dimension to Nigeria’s educational challenges. According to recent numbers, over 2,295 preceptors were killed and 19,000 others were displaced in Bornu, Yobe, and Adamawa States between 2009 and 2018, with an estimated 1,500 seminaries damaged since 2014, and over 1,280 casualties among preceptors and scholars( Adesulu, 2019). numerous of these circumstances went unreported by the public media, distorting the genuine picture. still, oppression persists indeed at the time of this disquisition. These attacks stymie effective tutoring and literacy, stifling the nation’s development.

For further than eight times, Nigeria’s violence and banditry, as well as the attendant philanthropic heads have extorted annihilation on the lives of millions of children, women, and their families. With children under the age of 15 constituting nearly 45 percent of the country’s population, the burden on education and other sectors has grown unbearably. therefore, this study is concentrated on assessing the effect of banditry on Nigeria Educational System.

Statement Of The Problem

numerous children in recent times have been unfit to attend academy because of the dread of bandits and goons. Indeed when children enrol in seminaries, numerous don’t finish the introductory cycle. According to current data, 30 per cent of kiddies drop out of abecedarian academy and just 54 per cent conveyance to inferior secondary seminaries. The reasons for this poor completion rate include the Boko Haram insurrection, banditry, and underage labour, among others. On February 29, 2016, Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, a academy on the outskirts of Lagos, was plunged into Tophet when some kiddies were taken. It was around 8 pm, when pupils of the academy were assiduously studying for their approaching examinations, that a platoon of 12 fortified men struck and abducted three pixies. The internationally well- publicized prevalence of academy hijacking has given a new dimension to Nigeria’s security dilemma as numerous secondary academy attacks have been recorded. There were reports of hijackings of preceptors and scholars( Lagos Junior Model College, Igbonla)( Lagos Junior Model College, Igbonla). There were fresh reports of the payoff of scholars and their preceptors. School assemblies are shamelessly exploded in academy assemblies, killing numerous dead( Yobe academy assault) while academy structures are burned down, which undermines tutoring and literacy. Iheamnachor( 2015) also stated that five secondary academy preceptors were taken at gun- point from a academy in Rivers State, which left the residers in absolute fear and solicitude. There were also recorded incidents of religious- convinced heads which affected seminaries.( charge secondary seminaries located in the Nassarawa quarter of Jos were attacked by bandits). and numerous further. Hence, this study focuses on critically assessing the influence of banditry on the educational system of Nigeria.

Ideal Of The Study

The primary end of this study is to critically examine the effect of banditry on the educational system of Nigeria. The specific objects thus include;

1. probe whether banditry operations have affected educational tutoring and literacy in Kaduna state.

2. probe whether rainfall banditry has affected the educational timetable in Kaduna state.

3. probe whether rainfall banditry has affected scholars’ academic performance in Kaduna State.

4. probe whether rainfall banditry has affected children’s registration in seminaries in Kaduna state.

5. probe whether banditry has affected the vacuity of educational structure in Nigeria.

Exploration Question

This study will give answers to the following questions;

1) Has banditry affected educational tutoring and literacy in Kaduna state?

2) Has banditry affected the educational timetable in Kaduna state?

3) Has banditry affected scholars’ academic performance in Kaduna State?

4) Has banditry affected children’s registration in seminaries in Kaduna state?

5) Has banditry affected the vacuity of educational structure in Nigeria?

Significance Of the study

This study stagers the effect of banditry pitfalls on the educational system in Nigeria. Hence, the study will unveil the colorful ways in which banditry has affected education in Nigeria, ranging from its effect on tutoring and literacy, the educational timetable, children’s registration in seminaries, and the vacuity of educational structure, among numerous further. The study will hence be applicable to the Nigerian civil government, state governments, stakeholders in the educational sector, preceptors and indeed the general public as the issue of instability has raised public concern. The below realities will learn a lot from the findings and the recommendations in this study will be considered useful and applicable to help dock the imminence of banditry in the country. Eventually, this study will add to the body of being literature on the content under concern.

Compass Of The Study

This study is concentrated on probing the effect of banditry operations on educational tutoring and literacy in Kaduna state, the educational timetable in Kaduna state, scholars’ academic performance in Kaduna State, children’s registration in seminaries in Kaduna state and the vacuity of educational structure in Nigeria. Hence, this study will be limited to four named secondary seminaries in Kaduna state.

Limitations Of The Study

In the course of carrying out this study, the experimenter endured some constraints, which included time constraints, fiscal constraints, language walls, and the station of the repliers. still, the experimenter was suitable to manage these just to insure the success of this study.

Description Of Terms

Bandit This is a purloiner or outlaw belonging to a gang and generally operating in an insulated or lawless area.

Banditry This is a type of systematized crime committed by outlaws, generally involving the trouble or use of violence.

Education This is the process or the act of entering or giving methodical instruction, especially at a academy or university.