Promoting Peace, Security and Other Social Issues in Nigeria Online Education Programmes

Abstract

Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa is faced with a lot of social contradictions, and the country is totally in need of peace and unity among her citizenry. The search for peace process cannot be achieved in a vacuum. An urgent problem demands immediate solution. In view of the current challenges confronting the social, political, religious and economic fabrics of the country, there is need to adopt new strategies to ameliorate these issues. The paper focused on peace education culture. The authors are of the view that the persistent violence and insecurity, which are heavily caused by illiteracy, poverty, excessive bribery and corruption, among others, could be seriously challenged through the instrument of education, as an apparatus for change and development. Hence, peace education culture needs to be integrated into the Nigerian education curriculum to address the identifiable issues that are threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria. The authors have advocated for aggressive or massive education as an antidote for illiteracy and poverty, which are some of the causes of conflicts and insecurity. The paper also stressed the need for early adoption of peace education culture in Nigerian school system which can be achieved using online technology.

Keywords: Peace education, Social contradiction; Illiteracy, Violence, Corruption and Poverty.