The Effects of Incessant Closure of Schools on School Administration in Northern Nigeria

Abstract

The inconsistence nature of school calendar in Nigerian educational system is no longer news. It is a common occurrence that one higher institution, secondary school or primary school is closed down due to internal crisis or attacks from bandits.  Authorities in North-West, Nigeria had shut down more over 4,000 public primary schools across the state, and over 4,000 public secondary schools were among the closed down schools. According to him, over 300, 000 to 400,000 thousand students and pupils are at home after the incidence of Chibok school students’ kidnap without considering the effects on the internal administration of the school especially the learners (Tribune, 2021). This paper discusses the effects of closure of schools on school administration in Northern Nigeria. Materials for this article consisted of secondary data sourced from print media and online publications. Poor learning, poor quality of education, loss of interest in education and disruption of academic calendar and learning loss were identified as the effects of closure of schools on school administration in Northern Nigeria. To address these problems, the paper made some useful recommendation.