Nigerian Environment under Siege and the Effect on the Management of Tertiary Institutions for Peace and Security

The purpose of this paper was to examine the effect of insecurity on the management of tertiary education in Nigerian environment. To address this problem, three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument used for the study was a four point likert type self developed questionnaire, which was validated and tested for rehability by experts and administered on 499 sampled staff and students of Federal tertiary education institutions in Northern Nigeria. Data collected was analysed using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The major result obtained were that without a well planned and developed educational institutions devoid of insecurity academic peace and work can hardly be possible. Based on the result, it was recommended that educational institutions should seek peace through the introduction of peace education programme in which the content emphasis deconstruction of structures of violence and introduction of structures for peace and security. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n27p26