Strategies for Enhancing Peace Education for National Security in Nigeria (original) (raw)
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ILORIN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 2023
Education is said to be everyone's right, and it should be available to all members of society, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, or geographical location. In this regard, peace is also everyone's right, and peace education should be the primary solution to all social conflicts in society. Nigeria, a populous country with numerous national security challenges, is experiencing an increased or heightened state of perpetual insecurity. This significantly slows the growth and development of Nigeria. It has become a top priority to address the root causes of the rising tide of insecurity in a bid to prevent conflicts. This paper gives an overview of the country's security issues and conflicts. It also assesses the initiatives being put in place to curtail insecurity as well as the strategies mostly used for conflict prevention to proffer a lasting solution. The study further examined the importance of inclusive peace education in reducing conflicts' emergence, spread, and intensity. Peace education is now acknowledged as a potent tool for managing and preventing conflicts, and by extension, upholding national security. The paper concluded that early, inclusive, and comprehensive peace education are key to reducing conflict and maintaining national security in the critical phase Nigeria is in.
International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 2018
The first recorded religious violence in Nigeria was in Kano in 1952, then Maitasene crisis of early 1980s and the emergence of Boko Haram in 2002in the Northern part of the country while efforts to institutionalize peace in a badly divided societies has a herculean task. The absence of peace education in theeducational curriculum Nigeria is worrisome leading to indoctrinated youth serving as vanguard for violence.The paper therefore examined the place of modified educational curriculum in instilling ofculture of peace to minimize violence. The study was descriptive and relied on secondary data sources.It found that the division along ethnic and religious lines made nationalism a mirage while the governments failed to develop the political will to guarantee good governance.The study concluded that the neglect of peace education in the nation?s educational curriculum is a serious challenge while its inclusion could inculcate a culture of peace to curb terrorism and other form of violence. It recommended the inclusion of peace education in the nation?s educational curriculum and the training of instructors as well as adequately funding and monitoring the program to ensure that violence is minimized particularly in Northern part of Nigeria and the nation. Finally, the support of other actors in the educational sector is imperative to complement instruction from schools.
Peace Education as a Unifying Factor in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects
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Peace Education: A Panacea for Curbing Conflict in Nigeria
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PEACE EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR CURBING VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
Nigerian Journal of Sociology of Education NJSE, 2017
Violent conflict is the major hindrance to the development of Nigeria. It inflicts human sufferings through death, destruction of livelihoods, constant displacement and insecurity. Violent conflict disrupts the peace of a country and the process of production; it creates conditions for pillage of the country's resources and diverts their application from development purposes to servicing war. Violent conflict is thus responsible for perpetuating misery and underdevelopment in our country and the continent at large. Therefore, the Nigerian nation needs to do everything within its power to stem violent conflict in the nation. It was on this note that this paper seeks to investigate peace education as instrument for curbing violent conflict in Nigeria. The paper examines peace, peace education and the reasons why we should have peace education in our various schools and found out that peace education is an important tool that is needed in the country to stamp out violent conflict in our nation. Therefore, peace education should be the focal point of our educational system.
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