SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM AS TOOLS FOR REDUCING CONFLICT AND INSECURITY IN GWAGWALADA AREA COUNCIL, ABUJA
Agbo Eunice Oada
Department of Educational Foundations
University of Abuja, Abuja
Email: oadaagbo@gmail.com
ABSTRACTS
the study examine social studies curriculum as a tools for reducing conflict and insecurity in Gwagwalada area council , Abuja .the study was a descriptive survey ,the population of the study comprise communities who were randomly selected from Gwagwalada area council , Abuja .the instruments used for data collection were questionnaire ,simple percentage,frequency table and mean score were used as method of data analysis .the study revealed that political superiority among major players leads to conflict and insecurity and herdsmen do use cows to destroyed farmers crops .it was also revealed that conflict and insecurity has affected the atmosphere of politico and it stability ,the research also find out the measures to take to promote peace and security such as the use of local vigilante and the use of CCTV camera. The study recommended that, social studies education teaching bring about improved equality of governance in the country, through social studies education, the increasing responsibility of citizen can be addressed. Topic like political and religious tolerance, consensus building can be introduced in social studies education to solve the problem of political instability and insecurity in the country.
