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ABSTRACT
From Independence in 1960 till the early 1980s, when the economy of Nigeria was buoyant, little was heard of cultism in the Nigerian educational institutions. From the mid-eighties, when austerity measures and a number of economic reforms were introduced in the country in response to the global oil-glut of the late 1970s and the attendant dwindling petro-dollar revenue, economic stress-induced social vices, including campus cultism, multiplied. Cultism is not just related to socio-economic distress; it is a response by the youth to corruption-induced poverty in the land of abundant natural resources. There is urgent need to stem the tide of cult related violence, that is ravaging the Nigerian education system. Although, cultism appears to have defied all efforts to curtail it in the past, while instead it has permeated all spheres of life in the larger society. Concerted effort, by all stakeholders such as churches, mosques, law enforcement agents, as well as other members of the larger society, is required to put a stop to the corrosive effect of cultism on education in Nigeria.
