Theory question 106
CultismSection B: Emerging Issues in the Society
(a) Enumerate five effects of cult-related activities within school environment.
(b) Explain five efforts of government in taming cultism in the Nigerian educational system.
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(a) Any five: loss of lives; fear and insecurity; disruption and closure of schools; poor academic performance; destruction of property; rape, robbery and other crimes; expulsion of students; bad image for schools.
(b) Any five, explained: laws banning secret cults (e.g. 1999 Constitution provisions, state anti-cult laws); expulsion and prosecution of cultists; students sign anti-cult undertakings at admission; enlightenment campaigns; improved campus security and police deployment; support for counselling and lawful student activities; amnesty for those who renounce cultism.
Effects in (a); government efforts in (b).