Al-Hikmah University Journal

This paper investigated the relevance of Arts and Social Sciences Education in the promotion of security and safety education in Nigeria. This paper critically analysed the religious, social and language roles in ensuring security and safety of lives and properties in our society. In the course of this study, secondary data used for this work were sourced from journals, textbooks, articles, newspapers and other relevant materials that are germane to this study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 50 out of 120 teachers of Religious Studies, 55 out of 135 teachers of language education and 53 out of 315 teachers of social studies in upper basic schools in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. A researchers-designed questionnaire was used to gather data from the respondents. The instrument used was validated by three experts in Test and Measurement and found it appropriate for this study. The reliability of the instrument was determined using test re-test reliability technique within a two week interval. The scores of the two tests were correlated using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The value of the correlation coefficient obtained was 0.87. Three research questions were raised and answered using the percentages. The findings of the study revealed that Arts and Social Sciences Education are relevant in ensuring security and safety education in our society. The study concluded that to achieve the aims of Arts and Social Sciences Education for security and safety education in our institutions, the curriculum must be reviewed in other to promote security education through Arts and Social Sciences Education. Also, the study recommended that ministry of education should include security and safety education in social studies, languages education and religious studies education curriculum at all levels of education.