Dr Samuel Alfayo Boh
Abstract
This study, adopted a descriptive survey design, to examine the integration of security education in secondary school curriculum in Gombe State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The sample for this study consisted of 244 respondents made up of 200 teachers and 44 principals selected from public secondary schools in Gombe State, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was researcher-developed questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using mean scores, standard deviation and t-test. The findings of this study identified the need for integrating security education in the secondary school curriculum in the northeast. The findings of the study revealed that the challenges of integrating security education in the secondary school curriculum in northeast include: apathy for security education, lack of funds for security education, among others. The findings of the study also unveiled the measures to tackle the challenges of integrating security education in the secondary school curriculum in northeast to include creating awareness on the significance of security education, employment of competent teachers for security education, among others. The study recommended, among others, that security education should be enshrined in the school curriculum in Nigeria.