Planning Education For Peace And National Security In Nigeria
Adiele Edward E
Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Nwamara Ezinne Nkeiru
Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Keywords: Educational Planning, Peace, Peace Education, National Security
Abstract
vThe major thrust of this paper is on planning education for peace and national security in Nigeria. Concepts such as educational planning, peace, peace education and national security were clarified in the paper and the rationale for peace education established. The paper therefore presented the various causes of action that has to be carried out in the education system to achieve defined peace and national security objectives. The overall process of planning peace and security education were highlighted to include environmental diagnosis of the present state of security situation in Nigeria, policy formulation and goal determination for peace and security education; programme generation and rationalization for peace education; programme choice implementation and programme evaluation and monitoring. The paper equally developed a model curriculum for peace education and concludes that peace education has become inevitable in Nigeria following high level of agitations, conflicts and intolerance that is almost bringing the country to a dead end. It was suggested that not only should peace education be planned, it should be an obligatory curriculum at all levels of the education system in Nigeria.