Paper short abstract:

Social studies is a subject that enables the students to cultivate an awareness of skills, competencies, moral values and reasoned judgment to live effectively, interact, inter-relate and contribute positively to the economic, social, political as well as cultural development of Nigeria.

Paper long abstract:

Social studies is mindful and appreciates man's problems and encourage students to solve such problems through critical thinking and rational decision-making. In this process, student acquire desirable altitudes, knowledge and skill to help them develop their intelligence, which in turn enables them take responsible decision on the social problems. Conflict management involves implementing strategies to limit the negative aspects of conflict at a level equal to, or higher than, where the conflict is taken place. Peace building is also to require the reconciliation of differences, offering apology and forgiveness on past harm or misdeed. To achieve sustainability, social studies need to be emphasized as an important discipline that will help in creativity, critical thinking, national consciousness, awareness, positive attitude and values, honesty, transparency, accountability, trustworthiness which is necessary ingredient for conflict management and peace building for sustainably development. The paper adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of this study consisted of all the lecturers in the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The sample used was a hundred and fifty (150) lecturers randomly selected. Questionnaire was the instrument used for this study. A 4-point likart scale of strongly agreed (SA-4) Agreed (A-3), Disagree (D-2), and Strongly Disagree (SD-1) was applied. The means score method was used as statistical tool for answering research questions and Chi-square was used for analyzing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that social studies can be used as a communication strategy for achieving conflict management and peace building for sustaining development