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The situation became bloody in 1953, when Professor Wole Soyinka founded the Pyrates Confraternity, also known as the Magnificent Seven, at University College Ibadan (UCI), now known as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with the goals of abolishing convention, reviving the age of chivalry, ending tribalism and elitism, and exposing the absurdity of colonial menta.
The issue is much worse in the twenty-first century, when there are regular instances of student discontent, which has spread like a virus across Nigeria's educational system. According to Adebayor (2008), the time when a kid is at a higher institution is the period when the family experiences hypertension and hyperactivity. Because it is impossible to complete a course in the time allotted, a year or two is added to the four-year period.
According to the Cambridge International Dictionary of England (2005), student unrest refers to disputes or fights among various groups of students. It also described student unrest as a state of agitation characterized by angry or violet behavior by students demonstrating against something. Students' discontent, according to Hornby (1996), is a condition of agitation in which students are unhappy or unsatisfied and are inclined to protest or fight. Students' protest, students' rampage, students' violence, and students' cultism are five terms used by educational scholars to describe student unrest. Many factors have been attributed to the causes of student unrest, but educational scholars have viewed the causes from various perspectives.
Okeen (1997) decided to take a multi-dimensional approach to the problem. It has an international, national/social, institutional, and individual level, according to him. Religious intolerance, unemployment of institution graduates, rural killing(s) of students, inadequate home training by parents, lack of inadequate infrastructures and facilities in educational institutions, inadequate vehicle for student transportation, breakdown in communications between the authorities and students, according to Yalokwu (1992). Other scholars have stated that socio-personal, educational, and vocational pressures on students, cultism, rigid rules, inadequate infrastructure, communications gaps, individual indiscipline, students' politics, students' intimidation by staff and students of the institution, external influence, and family influences are all factors that contribute to student unrest in Nigeria.
The unrest among students has harmed our educational system even more (Akagu, 1995). It has also contributed to the international non-recognition of some Nigerian higher education certificates, building vandalism, armed robbery, rape, and other criminal activities. As a result, in order to improve Nigeria, the researchers sought to determine the impact of student unrest in higher education and, if possible, propose or suggest solutions, as this type of unrest was not common in Nigeria's early higher education institutions.
The Problem is Stated
Students' rioting has caused untold harm and hardship to the students, the institutions involved, the parents, and the general public. The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (Frcn) reported on September 29, 2011, that a cult group known as Blue-Landers killed several cultists believed to be members of Green-Landers in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. Because the rate is so high and alarming, educators have felt compelled to look into the root causes. It touches on nearly every critical nerve center of our society's very existence. It raises fundamental questions about our society's structure and organization.
Students' discontent often results in widespread damage of school and staff property, severe injuries, and, in the worst-case scenario, death, causing immense pain and suffering to parents and guardians. Many committees, laws, and orders have been established in attempt to address the reasons of this discontent, but none of them have produced a good outcome, making this a highly important and national educational issue. Because the issue is so serious, it's critical to attempt to figure out what's causing the students' discontent and offer recommendations for potential remedies.
EDITOR'S SOURCE: Eduprojects
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