Security Challenges and Principal’s Management Strategies for Effective Implementation of Student’s School Attendance in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

The study investigated the principals’ management strategies of security challenges for effective implementation of students’ school attendance in AMAC. Two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was applied on the study. A population consisting of 23 senior secondary schools and 2000 teachers were considered for the study. Five senior secondary schools were sampled through simple random sampling technique and 333 teachers were sampled for the study using Yaro Yamane formula. Data were obtained from the questionnaire sampled. The result showed that there are security challenges encountered in FCT secondary schools. There are management strategies principals could adopt to control security challenges experienced in schools. Principals do not have enough approaches to promote effective school attendance in the face of security challenges in Nigerian schools. The researcher recommended that principals should make sure that the security guards in schools are trained to have the knowledge on how to combat insecurity in school. The principal should seek assistance of the stakeholders such as the government, PTA and other Nigerians who have interest in education, to help in various capacities to combat insecurity in secondary schools.