LIFE SKILL EDUCATION AS A PANACEA TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AMONG STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

It is so disheartening that despite the efforts of the various authorities of tertiary institutions and the 
legislative actions by Nigerian government against sexual harassments, the menace still persists unabated. 
Worst still sexual harassment is taking reformed dimensions by the perpetrators, making many victim 
students helpless. This paper focuses on life skill education as a panacea to sexual harassment among 
students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In this paper, the following were discussed: Concepts, forms and 
consequences of sexual harassment. Also, the paper examined the theoretical framework of sexual 
harassment in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, link of sexual harassment and life skill education among others. 
The paper concluded that the sexual harassment perpetrating staffs quite cheaply subjected their victim 
undergraduates to sexual harassments due to their observed inadequate life skills and to control the menace 
the undergraduate students should be regularly trained on life skills education