VALUE ORIENTATION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT: A PANACEA FOR CURBING INSECURITY IN A PRODUCTIVE NIGERIAN SOCIETY

Abstract

This paper is titled value orientation through educational management: A panacea for curbing insecurity in a productive Nigerian society. It is evident that insecurity in Nigeria poses significant challenges to national development due to frequent incidents of violence and crime which have severely undermined the safety of lives and property. Addressing this issue necessitates a multifaceted approach, with value orientation through educational management emerging as a crucial strategy. Notably, educational management plays a pivotal role in shaping the character of learners and as such, it must be utilized to ensure students gain not just skills to help them obtain gainful employment but values and attitudes that promote positivity, love for humanity and patriotism. As such, administrators actively integrating value orientation into the university curricula can aid educators in emphasizing conduct that curbs insecurity. This paper contains an introduction which examines the connection between value systems and insecurity in Nigeria and how educational management can curb insecurity. Furthermore, the literature review consists of current studies on educational management and its effects on value systems under the subtopics of value orientation, educational management, insecurity and a productive society. Furthermore, several hurdles to achieving this paper’s goal of applying value-oriented education to curb insecurity (which include inadequate policies geared towards fighting insecurity, poor curriculum, socio-economic struggles of students etc.) were analysed. A suitable conclusion was provided to stress the importance of education in mitigating insecurity in Nigeria. Lastly, suggestions for resolving the aforementioned issues and embedding value orientation into educational policies were aptly proffered.