Education and National Security: Challenges and the Way Forward

Abstract

This paper critically examined the many security challenges bedeviling the nation government has tried in many ways to contain the situation including increased budgetary allocation of funds to the security sector, to “ensure the security of lives and property”. However, the extra budgetary expense on “security” has not succeeded in dousing the security challenges in the country. The paper identifies reform of the education system as a panacea to the lingering security challenges confronting the nation in the long run. Useful recommendations were made.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n10p53