Managing School Safety in Nigeria in the 21st Century The Need for A Balanced Approach

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Adewale Sulaimon, PhD
University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Adebayo, Sherifat Shola, PhD
Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Afolabi, Peters Abiodun, PhD
Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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The issues of school safety and security have become a global matter in this time of intercontinental unrest. Nigeria and numerous other nations worldwide have recently encountered threats to life and property that have grown so severe that action is now required to combat them. The paper examined the concept of safety and security, discussing briefly various security challenges common to schools in Nigeria as a nation in the 21st century. The paper further prescribes various ways forward as it x-rays different forms in which such challenges have affected educational institutions. The paper suggested, among others, the adoption of hybrid security measures and the full involvement of school stakeholders in ensuring the security of the lives of students, teachers, and non-teaching staff in schools in Nigeria.

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Adewale, S., Adebayo, S. S., & Afolabi, P. A. (2023). Managing School Safety in Nigeria in the 21st Century: The Need for A Balanced Approach. African Journal of Humanities and Contemporary Education Research, 10(1), 72–78. Retrieved from https://publications.afropolitanjournals.com/index.php/ajhcer/article/view/351
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Author Biographies

Adewale Sulaimon, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Department of Educational Management and Leadership,

University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Adebayo, Sherifat Shola, PhD, Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Department of Foundation,

Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Afolabi, Peters Abiodun, PhD, Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Department of Physics,

Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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