Boko Haram Insurgency: Repercussions on Educational Institutions in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Ahmed Rufa’i Usman and Usman Ibrahim Dabai
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Ahmed Rufa’i Usman: Department of Sociology, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State-Nigeria
Usman Ibrahim Dabai: Department of Sociology, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State-Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 8, 557-562

Abstract: Boko Haram attacks on educational institutions include assassination, attacks on students, academics, arbitrary arrest, torture, abduction and bombing. This is done through the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEds), rocket attacks, suicide bombs, grenades and gun shootings. Education is under attack as the incidence of violence against educational institutions is on the rise in Nigeria due to Boko Haram which reduced school attendance among youths. Since 2009 Boko Haram has targeted educational institutions, killing hundreds of students and staff. Boko Haram has bedeviled the educational sector by attacking Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges, Secondary and Primary schools. Structures were destroyed and thousands of staff and students displaced by Boko Haram insurgents. The population of the study comprised students and staff of Adamawa State University, Mubi and the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. Questionnaires and in-depth interview IDI were used as instruments of data collection. A sample population of 300 respondents was employed by the study. Cluster and accidental sampling techniques were used to draw the respondents. The study finds that the insurgents have affected academic activities, structures, manpower and coping strategies after resumption in the institutions. The study recommended that government should improve security situation and the affected institution should be assisted by the government, philanthropists and NGOs to improve academic activities.

Date: 2020
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