Science Education: A Vital Tool for Promoting National Securityfor Sustainable Development

Abstract

Science education enables learner to acquire
certain skills and own the proper kind of values
and attitudes vital for nonviolent coexistence and
resolution of some security problems in the
society. This paper discuss how science education
can serve as a tool for promoting National
security, it also highlight some of the factors that
causes insecurity and how science education can
help resolve some of the challenges of national
security in Nigeria. The paper concludes that for
sustainable and long lasting security, it is
imperative to employ scientific approach such as
developing new security paradigm and protocols
in fighting violent conflicts and tackle insecurity
in the country. The paper also point out the need
to provide moral leadership that shun evil,
corruption, vices, inequity, injustice and
wickedness as this will compel the people to
model the character of their leaders and vice versa.
Democratic system in place must also begin to
deliver the needed social goods so as to improve
the standard of living of Nigerians and deliver
many citizens from the state of abject poverty to
which they have been subjected for a long while