EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

I wish to start by welcoming everyone to the 14th Annual National Conference of the School of Education, Federal College of Education Kano. I felt highly honoured when I received the letter of notification in which I was invited as a lead paper presenter to this conference. In fact this is a clear testimony that this college has opened its doors for academic ideas to follow in for the academic development of its staff. The theme of this conference “Education Transformation and security Challenges in Nigeria” could not have come at a better time than now when the country is facing its greatest security challenges since independence. Building and transforming a single nation out of the a multitude of cultures and diverse religious, ethnics and tribal groupings encompassed within Nigerian boundaries is not a small task. Nigeria is by far the most populous country in Africa, within her boundaries are over 250 ethnic groups with nearly 400 languages spoken. in addition most of the sects of Christianity and Islam are represented with a wide diversity of indigenous religions. (Bray, Clark and Stephen, 1986)