ECONOMICS EDUCATION AND INSECURITY IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING

Abstract

The paper investigated the relationship between insecurity and economics education in two higher institutions of learning. The population for the study consisted of all undergraduates students in Emmanuel Alayande College of Education and Ekiti State University, Ekiti (Oyo Chapter). A sample size of 250 undergraduate students were selected from the two instutitions using purposive random sampling technique. A self-designed instruments titled Econs and insecurity was used to collect data for the study. The two research questions and an hypothesis raised to guide the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts,
percentages and Mean were used in answering the questions posed. The hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics to ascertain the existence of a relationship between the variables of interest. The result indicated the existence of a relationship between insecurity and Economics Education in higher institution of learning. Furthermore, the result alsovshowed that the respondents voted public awareness on insecurity and taking responsibility to report any breach of security to appropriate authorities, as the most important solution to the challenge posed by insecurity in Oyo town(98.8% agreed and 1.2 % disagreed).On the test of hypothesis, the findings showed a relationship between Insecurity and Economics Education in Institutions of higher learning which could not be attributed to chance as x2 cal , 110.25, x2 0.005,11 =19.68. Hence it was recommended that government should ensure that finances allocated to security are spent on procuring gadgets that help to enforce security. Also provision of gainful employment for Nigerians will discourage involvement in insidious acts of insecurity.

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