COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGING EDUCATIONAL CRISIS:A PANACEA FOR SCHOOLS GROWTH

Abstract

Nigeria is currently on healing mission after undergoing different assaults on her social, economic and political sovereignty since independence, Although, with its youth friendly policies and programs, the nation stands at risk if adequate attention is not given to the most productive segment of the populace, expected at the secondary level of education. The paper proposed community involvement in managing educational crisis: a panacea for schools’ growth. It discussed in sequences the concept of community, community involvement in crisis management, and models in view of scholarly works.The paper suggested among others; scanning the environment, establishment of framework for managing crisis in school activities, inculcation of multiple agencies with multi-disciplinary expertise and capacities to provide digestible information and support for leadership decision making on crisis management, develop crisis communication strategy for social media, commitment of resources on realistic events to avoid and overcome challenges, resources for training and a plan to address events involving multiple causalities.