ENHANCING GIRL CHILD EDUCATION FOR SECURITY MEASURES AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE COVID-19 ERA

particularly vulnerable and girl child education is needed for her protection. In this paper, the concept of girl-child education, security challenge, COVID-19 pandemic and National developments were clarified. The paper also identified the types of security challenges experienced during the pandemic in Nigeria which include rape, unhealthy cultural practices, sexual abuse and harassment, physical threats, kidnap and killings. The consequences of insecurity were examined. The researchers posited that a lot of the cases of insecurity are derived from ignorance and so agreed that girl child education both formal and non-formal types would solve the problem in the long run. The paper also identified strategies for enhancing girl-child education to promote national development as ensuring the rights of the girl child, sustaining gender equity, empowering girls/women with various life skills, proper security and health education, taking serious legal action against girl- child abuse related cases among others. The paper recommended that primary school girl be given hygiene education, training on elements of self defense, safety precautions and incorporate coded language training. Alsocurriculum designers are called upon to include these content areas into existing school subjects among others.

Girl-child education, Insecurity, Pandemic, National development,

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