INSECURITY: A CHALLENGE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined insecurity threat as a challenge to secondary school development in Anambra State. This study adopted descriptive research design. The population constitute 257 principals. These principals are made up of 107 males and 150 female principals. The entire population was used as the sample size; this means, no sampling technique was used in sample size selection. A 17- item structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The correlation coefficients of Cluster A = 0.83, Cluster B = 0.79 and Cluster C = 0.81 and an average correlation coefficient reliability score of 0.81 was obtained. Mean scores that are 2.50 and above are regarded as agree while mean score below 2.50 are taken as Disagree. On the other hand, t-test was deployed to test the hypothesis formulated for the study. The study found that the types of insecurity challenges experienced against the development of secondary school of Anambra State are kidnapping, unknown gunmen attack, cultism, arson and armed robbery. These challenges are seriously affecting the development of secondary school education because insecurity is characterized with destruction of buildings, properties, school facilities, school activities, teaching and learning. This showed that insecurity threat is a challenge to secondary school development in Anambra State. The study recommended that school management should be proactive in checkmating cultism in schools; and government should ensure security agents are always on patrol to counter insecurity.