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Educational Leadership: Reimagining Democratic Education in Nigeria, West Africa Amid the Boko Haram Insurgency (96059)
Session Chair: Hyacinth Anucha
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Saturday, 4 October 2025 14:25
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 2
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
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Nigeria's democratic framework faces severe challenges stemming from extremist insurgency. Central to this crisis is the Boko Haram insurgency, which actively opposes Western education and democratic institutions, targeting schools and government structures as symbols of perceived moral corruption. The resulting violence has led to widespread displacement, infrastructure destruction, and a systemic disruption of education. This disruption threatens to leave an entire generation without access to quality schooling, exacerbating poverty, unemployment, and vulnerability to radicalization. This study investigates the potential of democratic education to counteract the socio-political impacts of insurgency. It explores how educational practices rooted in democratic values can build civic resilience, resist extremist ideologies, and foster youth engagement in participatory governance. Anchored in Correspondence Theory and structural models, the study emphasizes the interplay between agency and structure within conflict-affected educational environments. Methodologically, it adopts a meta-analytic approach, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) standards, incorporating data from sources such as UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). Supplementary univariate analysis and an innovative conceptual framework strengthen the examination of power dynamics, inequality, and social justice within the education system. The research advocates for transforming schools into democratic spaces that cultivate creativity, civic responsibility, and empowerment. Findings highlight the insurgency’s devastating toll on Nigeria’s educational sector, particularly for girls, whose access to schooling is increasingly limited by violence and fear. The study concludes that reimagining democratic education is essential not only for educational recovery but also for long-term democratic stability, justice, and inclusive national development.
Authors:
Hyacinth Anucha, Bowie State University, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr HYACINTH ANUCHA is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland, USA. in United States
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