The Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Abstract
In recent times, the wave of terrorism is sweeping through the
globe in a. terrifying manner with terrific frequency. The
revival in terrorists' activities in recent times in the Middleeast
and its spread to countries like the United States of
America, Britain and some countries in Africa like Nigeria
and Cameroon where terrorism was not known before
portends a major threat to global security. Terrorism is
inimical to human security, political and socioeconomic
development of which education is one. Anchored on the
system theory, with heavy reliance on secondary data, the
study examines the impact of terrorism on education using
North-Eastern Nigeria as a focal point of study. The study
finds that terrorists' activities which for now are concentrated
in the North-eastern part of Nigeria are gradually spreading to
other parts of the country and beyond. Because the brand of
terrorism in Nigeria is opposed to western education,
especially girls' education, schools have become one of the
targets of attack and kidnapping of school girls one of the
modus operandi of the terrorists, leading to temporary
closure of schools in the affected area. The study therefore
advocates for multiple approaches in tackling terrorism
headlong