Abstract

This study examine School Security Management and Safety of Students in Public Secondary Schools in KidnappingAffected Areas of Kwara South LGAs, Kwara. The population of the study was 320 comprising the Principals and teachers from all the 158 secondary schools in Kwara South Local Government Areas. Using a descriptive survey research design, data was collected from 10 principals and 30 teachers as respondents across 10 public secondary schools in Kwara South Local Government Areas. A self-designed questionnaire of School Security Management and Safety of Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kidnapping-Affected Areas of Kwara South Questionnaire (SSMSSPSSKAKSQ) was used for data collection. Pilot test was conducted to determine the reliability of the selfdesigned questionnaire, validity was attained through construct, face and content validity with the help of other experts in the field of Educational Administration. The data was collected and analyzed using mean and standard deviation, and the null hypothesis was examined at 0.05 significance level using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Findings revealed that Kidnappings, inconsistent security measures result in some schools more vulnerable to potential threats and lack of surveillance puts students at risk of being kidnapped or attacked. To improve security, the study recommends that public secondary schools in the affected areas should engage local officials in security measures, encourage security professionals, teachers and students to receive crisis management training to respond to security issues more effectively and install monitoring systems like CCTVcameras to aid preventing threats.