An assessment of the impact of insecurity on the enrolment and quality education delivery in the tertiary institutions in Sokoto State

<p>This study is an attempt to investigate the effects of insecurity on the quality education delivery in tertiary institutions of Sokoto State, Nigeria. The study will use a descriptive survey design with a total population of 982,536 staff and students in the 8 higher institutions of learning in Sokoto state. The questionnaire was use to obtain data from the respondents. Three sets of questionnaire was developed and were responded to by students, lecturers and parents while the interview schedule instrument will be developed to be responded to by the administrators of the selected tertiary institutions and some officials of the supervising ministries of the selected tertiary institutions. In the same vein the study will use secondary data which will involve the cross examination of students’ enrolment trend into the tertiary institutions for a period of 10 years to determine the inflow of students within the period. A purposive sampling technique was use to select four tertiary institutions located outside Sokoto Metropolis and a proportionate sampling will be used to select respondents from the selected institutions. A self-designed five-point Likert-scale questionnaire titled:Impact of Insecurity on Enrolment and Quality Education Delivery in Tertiary Institutions (IIEQEDTI) was developed for data collection for this study. This instrument was both content and face validated as well as its reliability established using a pilot study. The findings of the study revealed that insecurityhad moderately impacted on the enrolment of students and quality education delivery in the tertiary institutions in Sokoto state. Thus, the students’ enrolment found to have reduced by 30% and a 20% of boarding students turned to day students both of which have caused low enrolment and poor attendance with regard to those who turned to day instead of being boarding students. Similarly, insecurity have fairly affected the quality of education delivery especially where it was found that lecturers have merged their lectures, abscond lectures as well as delivers lectures under constant fear of being attacked by bandits and kidnappers on their home or at home. The study recommended for an increased security outfits and operation within and around the tertiary institutions in the state to ensure safety of both students and staff.</p>