Social Studies Teacher Perception on Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Sustainable Developmet in North Central, Nigeria

Abstract

Terrorist attacks have become a major threat to national security and sustainable development of Nigeria because the increase operation has caused pain, havoc, and agony in the lives of Nigerians and the economy. The purpose of this study was to investigate Social Studies teachers’ perception on Impact of Terrorist attack on Sustainable Development in North Central, Nigeria. Two research
questions were raised, a null hypothesis was formulated and tested The research design used was descriptive survey research design. This was found to be more suitable because of the size of the sample. The samples for this research were made up of two hundred teachers selected from 60 secondary schools spread across the north central, Nigeria, using stratifies and simple random sampling techniques. The instruments used were the researchers developed questionnaire which was tailored towards answering the research questions and the hypothesis. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The findings revealed that Social Studies teachers were of the opinion that insecurity have impacted negatively on sustainable development of Nigeria. The findings also revealed that irrespective of gender, location, qualification and years of working experience, the Social Studies teachers were of the view that activities of terrorists, armed bandits and kidnappers led to an increase in poverty, reduces literacy rate and ethnic divisions Based on the findings, the researcher, recommended that there should be synergy and collaboration between Federal and State Governments to fight terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.