DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i10.001

Pages: 665-670

The study on the curriculum implementation in private secondary schools in an insurgency area: challenges and prospects were conducted in Mubi town of Adamawa State, North-East Nigeria. It was a descriptive survey designed to ascertain the challenges facing curriculum implementation in the private secondary schools. The study hinged on the devastation of education environment in the region by the Boko-Haram insurgents, causing exodus of many professional teachers from the region. Prior to the crisis, North-East consistently ranked among the most educationally backward regions of Nigeria states. The private secondary schools in Mubi appear to be the worst hit because of their seemingly, inability to restore infrastructures that were vandalized. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Simple percentage was used to analyse the data collected. While the hypotheses were tested using Cochran coefficient for validity. The result showed computed coefficient of 0.73. The results revealed among other issues, subdued tension that frequently increases at the slightest insecurity rumour. The private secondary schools rely heavily on the services of non-professional teachers, poor governmental supervision are among other myriad of challenges militating against the effective curriculum implementation. Hence, the prospect of effective implementation of the curriculum appears bleak. This means that the future of students being groomed in the prevailing circumstance is bleak and threatens the peace and development of the region. The researchers recommend among other things the inclusion of private school teachers in the interventions training workshops on education in the region; government/NGOs to assist the private school operators with soft loan facility to enable them improve the situation for better curriculum implementation.