Character education and value re-orientation: Quest for the control of insecurity in Nigeria

Abstract

The presence of gross insecurity and lack of value for human lives and the decay in moral values have birthed anti-social behaviors. This study examined the relationship between character education and value reorientation as a means for the control of insecurity in Nigeria. The study adopted a correlation research design, the sample of the study consisted of one hundred and eighty-one (181) participants. The study reported that character education should be built into the Nigerian curriculum as a subject of study in schools and school counselors and educational psychologists should be facilitated to organize seminars and conferences in schools on value reorientation about changes in values and human behavior. The originality of this study lies in the correlation of character education and value reorientation in the quest for the control of insecurity in Nigeria. The results of this study asserted the inculcation of character education into Nigerian schools' curriculum with the components of value reorientation. The finding of this study is pertinent to the government, private school proprietors, curriculum developers, textbook writers, and individuals in our collective quest for the control of insecurity in Nigeria