Al-Hikmah University Journal

The World globally is going through a period of break down in security and order. Lives and properties are endangered; killings, kidnappings, terrorism and ritual sacrifices are the order of the day. The environment itself is bedeviled with pollution in the atmosphere. Recently, a disease that the World had never experienced suddenly broke out, man became afraid of shaking one another, coughing and sneezing which used be natural and mild symptoms of cold or influenza turned into symptoms of a horrendous and killer disease called Corona-virus (COVID-19).  There is fear everywhere, in institutions of learning, Students are being kidnapped, and terrorist attack has become prevalent. Health wise, many lost their loved ones to the pandemic. Government all over the World closed down businesses, organizations and institutions of Learning, so as to save lives of many, it was indeed the era of the ‘dark days’.  However, the World is gradually coming to terms with managing the pandemic, thanks to the scientist, drugs and vaccines are being discovered, organizations and educational institutions are slowly going back to normalizing. Thus, in the ‘new- normal’ the safety and security of lives of students and workers in educational institutions should be of utmost importance to educational managers. It is recommended that educational managers put in place new innovations, to help manage safety and security in educational institutions in the new normal.