SECURITY CHALLENGES AND SAFETY OF PUPILS EN ROUTE TO SCHOOL IN AYAMELUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
Okpala, Onyinye, P.
Departments of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Katchy, Cynthia, O.
Departments of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Okoli,, Ijeoma, A.
Departments of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
The study examined security challenges and safety of pupils in Ayamelum LGA of Anambra state. Three research questions guided the study. The design of the study was a descriptive survey and the population consisted 1,798 parents in Ayamelum Local Government Area. The sample of the study was 180 parents was drawn through stratified random sampling technique. The area of study is Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra state. A research instrument for the study was a 17 item structured questionnaire developed by the researcher titled Security Challenges En Route To School (SCERTS) with four clusters was used for data collection and was validated by three lecturers, two in the Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, and one in Department Of Educational Foundation, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state. The data collected was used to determine reliability of the instrument using Cronbach alpha reliability test which yielded a reliability of 0.83. The responses were calculated using mean and standard deviation. The finding of the study unveiledthat childrenen route to school; face high level of security challenges caused by governmental and security agencies lapses. It was also revealed that good roads, open school environment and security gadgets would help remedy the situation. The study therefore recommends that government should organise forums, channels and meetings with parents for interactive session and enlightenment and also constantly train security agencies on how to mitigate these security challenges.
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