Al-Hikmah University Journal

Hundreds of Nigerian students have risked their lives in order to pursue their education. While schooling is not without its challenges especially when students are put at risk of losing freedom or their lives while in the classroom. It is disputed if Nigeria has ever been this hazardous, but the fact remains that the country's security system is overwhelmed and in dire need of all the solutions it can get its hands on right now. The study therefore examine security education as a panacea for goal achievement in Nigerian secondary schools. The concepts of security and insecurity were examined taking into cognizance the theoretical framework, effects and strategies for enhancing security situation in the schools. It was recommended among others that the entire school system be securitized and placed on red-alert for the state actors to devote adequate attention and resources towards ameliorating this menace, government should implement policies that will improve security, education expenditure and national income in order to improve school enrollment, seminars, conferences and workshops should be periodically organized for secondary school administrators, teachers and students in order for them to be well groomed on security measures in the school system andsynergy should be established between the secondary school administrators, security agencies and the communities where the schools are established.