Impact of Kidnapping on Access to Education in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the effect of kidnapping on access to education in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The major objective of the study was to determine the extent to which kidnapping activities specifically impact on access to education. The study used a population size of 11,113 and sample of 400 students to analyse the study. The researcher adopted 5 point Likert-Scale, primary data were generated through questionnaires and surveys which were analysed using Spearman’s Rank Correlation analysis to determine the correlation coefficient and strength of the relationship between kidnapping and access to education. The study established that kidnapping exhibited a strong negative correlation coefficient of (-0.844) indicating that 84% of the variation or behaviour of access to education was explained by the autonomous factor (kidnapping) with a P-value of (0.004). The great impact of statistical significance of the impact of kidnapping on access to education in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, as revealed by the result analysis, was thus established. The implication is that a per cent increase in kidnapping will lead to 84% decrease in access to education in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study recommends that government should implement policies to eradicate kidnapping activities through direct actions in the community.