The study is an appraisal of Nigeria’s educational system and its responsiveness to national security. It took an introspective evaluation of the general state of security in Nigeria with a view to finding out if the system of education in practice has had any meaningful impact. The study further interrogated the national policy on education which is based on her philosophy of education as articulated through the nation's national objectives in other to demonstrate the extent to which the citizenry have imbibed and deployed them as tools for national security. In other to achieve the purpose of this paper, the researchers relied on the secondary sources of data and reviewed so many scientific articles on the existing body of knowledge on the subject. This study discovered that although the policy makers and educational planners had made adequate provisions in the curriculum, there is a lacuna between the policy objectives and the policy outcomes. It is obvious from this paper that the education system in Nigeria has not contributed significantly to the national security question. The system has not encouraged the students in particular and the public in general to volunteer security information that could lead to safety of lives and property to law enforcement agencies. Hitherto, Nigeria’s educational system is not geared towards provision of job creation and employments, hence, the need to reposition it. Among other things, this study recommends that national security and defense studies should be included in the curriculum and scheme of work from elementary school till the first year in the university.