BUILDING A FORMIDABLE ACADEMIC AND SAFETY ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated how Building a formidable academic/safety environment can have sustained development 
in Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted the survey research design. 
The population of the study consisted of 20,000 respondents within Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State which 
comprises of four tertiary institutions namely; University of Calabar, National Open University, Calabar Campus, 
University of Cross River State and College of Health Technology, Calabar. The stratified random sampling 
technique was used to select 200 respondents each institution from a population of 20,000 using proportionality of 
2.5% of the population. The sample of this study was two hundred (200) respondents. The questionnaire was 
designed to measure the two sub-independent variables. While Simple linear regression analysis statistical tool
was employed to test the null hypotheses that were formulated to guild the study at 0.05 level of significance. 
The results of this study show that there is a significant impact of school security for sustainability development 
in Nigeria and there is a significant predictive impact of curriculum innovation in building a formidable 
academic/safety environment for sustainability development in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was 
recommended that government should ensure they provide appropriate school security in schools for sustainability
development in Nigeria and they should from time to time reviewed the school curriculum to ensure the 
implementation of the currents educational practise in the world.