Managing Cultism in Tertiary Institutions - 3483 Words

MANAGING CULTISM IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS BY SULAIMAN ABDULLAHI KARWAI, Ph.D, fmca, mnim, mimc, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. Abstract Importunate secret cult activities have created a culture of fear and turned many tertiary institutions into centres of violence, where Fear, anxiety and insecurity of lives and properties are the order of the day. These scenarios have resulted in poor learning, poor performance and low academic attainment. The objective of this study is how to eradicate cultism from our tertiary institutions so as to enable them to produce the much needed high level manpower for overall national development. The study is an expository work based on the survey of literature. It†¦show more content†¦Encyclopaedia Britannica (2009) cautions that cult worship is so universal in religion that some historians of religion actually define religion as cult. From the definitions given so far, we can deduce that cultism/cult, secret cult and secret society are secret groups of people whose members are bound on an oath to keep the activities of each and every member secret. It is also safe to say that cult fraternity may be violent or beneficial to the society, depending on the objectives of the members. For example, some secret cults are formed to provide benevolent services while others are formed due to political reasons to protect the interest of the society. In light of these definitions, we shall use cultism, cult, secret cult and secret society interchangeably. 2.2 The Evolution of Cultism Secret adherence to a doctrine or leader based on a common dogma or beliefs has been in existence for a very long time. All over the world, secret cults have been flourishing and causing positive and/or negative impacts. On the positive side, religious experience are said to have received its initial, practical expression in the forming of cult that provides an orderly framework for the religious object. The Egyptian religion, the ancient Greek Adonis and the Roman Catholicism are said to be cults (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009). While onShow MoreRelatedSublimation Mechanism of Psychoanalytical Counselling Theory as a Tool for Addressing Juvenile Delinquency in Secondary Schools in Nigeria4142 Words   |  17 Pagesof all kinds including rape, fighting, armed robbery, bullying, cultism, all gangster behaviour etc. These behaviours characterize our secondary schools and prevent the schools from achieving their purpose of wholistic education and development of individual students; he nce constant efforts to keep these delinquent activities at its barest. The fact that these behaviours still prevail at a disturbing rate in our educational institutions, evident by reports of such activities daily in the news and other