Insecurity And Teachers' Job Dedication In Public Secondary Schools In North-Central Nigeria

Insecurity jeopardizes not only the stability and quality of public secondary education in the North. As a result, this study investigated into how teachers' dedication to their jobs was affected by insecurity in North-Central Nigerian public secondary schools. The study was guided by two research questions and tested one hypothesis. Using a multi-stage sample technique, 800 instructors were selected from three states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), whereas 49,365 public secondary school teachers from the North-Central geopolitical zone made up the study population. Multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, which were gathered via a structured questionnaire. Findings reveal, the most pressing insecurity concerns facing secondary schools are armed robberies, harassment, and kidnappings. The findings also showed that respondents had a poor degree of job dedication, indicating that teachers' dedication to their professional duties is negatively impacted by insecurity. Regression analysis demonstrated that insecurity significantly predicts teacher job dedication. According to the study's findings, strengthening security in and around schools is essential to raising teacher dedication and improve education standards. In order to lessen teachers' susceptibility, the study suggests that security agencies, state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory enhance public secondary schools’ security, particularly in remote locations, and that administrators put safety measures including community policing, emergency response systems, and fencing in place.