CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF INSECURITY ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ANKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN ZAMFARA STATE
Abstract
This study examined the challenges and prospects of insecurity on senior secondary school students performance in Anka Local Government Area in Zamfara State. The study had three specific objectives, three research questions, one null hypothesis. The research was conducted at public senior secondary schools in Anka Local Government, Zamfara State. The study employed a descriptive survey design where a population of 748 students were used with a sample 265 drawn from nine (9) secondary schools within Anka Local Government. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the schools where respondents were drawn. The instruments for data collection were 27 items questionnaire designed by the researchers. The instrument was validated by experts including my supervisor. The reliability index for attitude is 0.68. Analysis of data was done using frequency, simple percentage, and t-test which had also been used in testing the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings of the study were most of the respondents were within the age bracket of between 15-17 years of age (53%), both genders were attending secondary school education despite the insecurity challenges, the findings of the study revealed that, students always feel unsafe while going to school as a result of frequent attack, the findings of the study showed that community-based security initiative can help reduce insecurity around the schools compound. It had a percentage of (88%) for strongly agreed and agreed. The study concluded that insecurity had posed many challenges that affect students academic performance negatively. The study recommends among others that, there must have be stable government that is capable of ensuring political stability, economic growth and ready to tackle insecurity, establish a well-funded and organized security force that can defend lives and properties via an intelligence gathering structure with the help of other countries, government and non-governmental organisations should build schools near the residents of students in order to encourage the students to go to school regularly
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