A Nexus between Higher Education, Security Challenges and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Co-designing a framework for a persuasive educational technology tool for motivating female students for enrolment into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines

“…56,57 Based on the review, there is evidence that authors of these interventions have the notion that girls possess some underdeveloped cognitive abilities that require correction for them to be able to enrol in STEM disciplines. For example, Audu et al 58 argued that the cognitive skills of students need to be stimulated for them to be able to understand and take up engineering courses. For this, they designed a stimulation software for understanding oil and gas instrumentation and control flow process for the students.…”

Education and Nigeria’s National Security

“…The issue of security is not alien as it has been the central focus of primitive society [7]. In the same vein,Audu, Lukeman and Mohammed [8] argued that since the end of the cold war, there appears to be shift from viewing security from state-centric perspective to a broader view that places emphasis on individuals, in which national security also encapsulates human security, human right and national development. National security according to Iredia [9] simply mean, the capacity of a state to overcome challenges confronting her.…”

“…Internal security implies freedom from danger to life and prosperity. Audu, Lukeman and Mohammed [8] explained security as any mechanism devised to alleviate the most serious threats that prevent people from pursuing their cherished values. From the various explanations of security above it can be deduced that insecurity implies a state of vulnerability to attacks, danger or threats to a people, their properties, cherished values and the inability of the nation to protect its citizenry.…”