Dilemma of Banditry and Insecurity on Students' Kidnapping in Nigerian Education Sector: Panacea for School Administrators Today and Tomorrow

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Auteurs principaux: SHITTU, Taofeek Olawale PhD, DAIRO, Taiwo Sunday, PROF. MOHAMMED, Mubashiru Olayiwola, KAYODE Oluwaseun Temitayo
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author SHITTU, Taofeek Olawale PhD
DAIRO, Taiwo Sunday
PROF. MOHAMMED, Mubashiru Olayiwola
KAYODE Oluwaseun Temitayo
author_facet SHITTU, Taofeek Olawale PhD
DAIRO, Taiwo Sunday
PROF. MOHAMMED, Mubashiru Olayiwola
KAYODE Oluwaseun Temitayo
contents <p><span>This paper explored the dilemma of banditry, insecurity, and students kidnapping in Nigeria, highlighting their causes, patterns, and far-reaching implications for school administration and national development. The Nigerian educational industry has increasingly been confronted with the tripartite challenges of banditry and insecurity, with the kidnapping of students emerging as one of the most alarming manifestations. These threats have disrupted academic calendars, forced the closure of schools, and heightened fear among school administrators, teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders which undermined the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to education. The study adopts a conceptual and analytical approach to explore how socioeconomic inequalities, unemployment, porous borders, proliferation of small arms, and governance failures contribute to the worsening security situation in schools. Recently, educational institutions in Northern Nigeria have become soft targets for bandit and kidnappers due to weak security architecture, poor intelligence gathering, inadequate funding, and the remote location of many schools. Furthermore, it evaluates the psychological, educational, and economic consequences of student abductions on learners, teachers, parents, and school administrators. The study concludes that banditry and kidnapping pose security threats on students kidnapping, and sustainable security strategies by school administrators can mitigate risks and restore confidence in the safety of educational institutions. As a panacea, the study recommended among others that propose strategic measures for school administrators including the integration of school-based security management systems, collaboration with security agencies and host communities, deployment of technology-driven surveillance, staff and student safety training, emergency preparedness planning, and advocacy for improved government intervention today and tomorrow.</span></p>
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spellingShingle Dilemma of Banditry and Insecurity on Students' Kidnapping in Nigerian Education Sector: Panacea for School Administrators Today and Tomorrow
SHITTU, Taofeek Olawale PhD
DAIRO, Taiwo Sunday
PROF. MOHAMMED, Mubashiru Olayiwola
KAYODE Oluwaseun Temitayo
<p><span>This paper explored the dilemma of banditry, insecurity, and students kidnapping in Nigeria, highlighting their causes, patterns, and far-reaching implications for school administration and national development. The Nigerian educational industry has increasingly been confronted with the tripartite challenges of banditry and insecurity, with the kidnapping of students emerging as one of the most alarming manifestations. These threats have disrupted academic calendars, forced the closure of schools, and heightened fear among school administrators, teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders which undermined the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to education. The study adopts a conceptual and analytical approach to explore how socioeconomic inequalities, unemployment, porous borders, proliferation of small arms, and governance failures contribute to the worsening security situation in schools. Recently, educational institutions in Northern Nigeria have become soft targets for bandit and kidnappers due to weak security architecture, poor intelligence gathering, inadequate funding, and the remote location of many schools. Furthermore, it evaluates the psychological, educational, and economic consequences of student abductions on learners, teachers, parents, and school administrators. The study concludes that banditry and kidnapping pose security threats on students kidnapping, and sustainable security strategies by school administrators can mitigate risks and restore confidence in the safety of educational institutions. As a panacea, the study recommended among others that propose strategic measures for school administrators including the integration of school-based security management systems, collaboration with security agencies and host communities, deployment of technology-driven surveillance, staff and student safety training, emergency preparedness planning, and advocacy for improved government intervention today and tomorrow.</span></p>
title Dilemma of Banditry and Insecurity on Students' Kidnapping in Nigerian Education Sector: Panacea for School Administrators Today and Tomorrow
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18465593