ABSTRACT
Cultism is small groups of people who have extreme religious believes and are not part of an established religion, which original object as turned into destructions? Cultism has destroyed so many lives, wasted so many families aborted so many future, makes our school or institutions of learning uncomfortable. Therefore it has to be eradicated totally from our society, without knowing the cause of a problem, there is no way such problem can be solved. This study therefore focuses on the factors influencing the growth of cultism in higher institution. Using questionnaires administration, 40% of randomly selected higher Institution College of Education, Ekiadolor was sampled. The finding revealed that parents, peer groups and power for protection, wealth are factors responsible fro the growth of cultism in our country. Recommendations were made on how to totally eradicate cultism from various higher institutions and our society at large.
