The study examined security challenges and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Osun State. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between variables of security challenges such as terrorism, cultism and school safety, and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness. The descriptive survey research and correlational research designs were used in this study. The population consisted of all teachers in public secondary schools in Osun State, Nigeria. The sample for this study consisted of 240 teachers in 24 public secondary schools which were selected using multi – stage sampling procedure. Two self-designed research instruments tagged “Security Challenges Questionnaire (SCQ)” and “Teachers’ Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ)” were used to collect data for the study. The validity of the instruments was ensured through face and content validity. The reliability of the instruments was determined by using test re-test reliability method. The data collected through the instruments were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant relationship between terrorism and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness (r = 0.011) but relationship existed between cultism and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness (r = -0.412, p<0.05), and between school safety and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness (r = 0.607, p<0.05). Sequel to the findings of this study, it was concluded that security challenges such as cultism and school safety determined the effectiveness of teachers in secondary schools. It was recommended among others that school management should install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) at strategic places to monitor activities of staff and students for possible discovery of criminal events within the school compound.

Keywords: Terrorism, Cultism, School Safety, Teachers’ Effectiveness,

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