THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRICULUM DELIVERY AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA

The study investigated the relationship between curriculum delivery and security challenges in Nigeria, using Kaduna State as a case study. To actualize this aim, the researcher designed two research questions and two null hypotheses to guide the study. The study was correlational. The population of the study comprised all 1030 teachers in public secondary schools in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Using Taro Yamen Sampling Formula, a sample size of 206 respondents made up of 97 male and 109 female teachers was randomly drawn from the total population. Two self-structured non-cognitive instruments titled “Curriculum Delivery Scale” (CDS) with 10 items, “Insecurity Assessment Scale” (IAS) with 15 items were used for data collection. The face and content validated instruments (CDS and IAS) were subjected to reliability tests using the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient which yielded a coefficient index of 0.88 and 0.91 respectively.   Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient (r-value) was used to answer the research questions, while a t-test associated with r-value was used to test the null hypotheses. The study found among other things that there exists a significant relationship between insecurity and poor curriculum delivery and the opinions of male teachers on insecurity and poor curriculum delivery significantly relate to that of their female counterparts. The study recommended that Federal Government in conjunction with the affected State Governments should establish an especially well- trained, armed but highly intelligence-driven and disciplined security outfit and charge it with the sole responsibility of gathering the intelligence of possible attacks on schools and their facilities and of putting up the measures to neutralize attacks before they occur and tighter and stronger security should be beefed up in and around those schools located in the remote and secluded areas which have been the easiest and main targets for terrorists, abductors and bandits.