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TRCN – There Are 207,818 Unqualified Teachers In Primary Schools

There are 207, 818 unqualified teachers in primary schools across Nigeria, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said on Wednesday....

Its Registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, said this in a paper presented to mark 2017 World Teachers’ Day in Abuja.
He said the North East has 57.7 per cent of the total figure because of the activities of Boko Haram in the region.
Ajiboye said: “There are 207, 818 unqualified teachers in the primary schools. The North East zone has the highest figure of 57.7 per cent. Undoubtedly, the situation degenerated with invasion of insurgents.
“The North West has 46.8 per cent, North Central 38 per cent, South-South 19.2 per cent, South-East 16.7 per cent and South-West 6.7 per cent.”
According to him, an experiment carried out by the agency in 2014 showed that 1,300 out of 1,599  teachers failed arithmetic and basic literacy tests, scoring below 25 per cent.
“All these are adding to the problems of ascertaining the quality of teachers in Nigeria. The hydra-headed crisis-quality and quantity of teachers demands a strong policy response.”
He said Boko Haram has killed 611 teachers since 2009.
“In Nigeria, since the beginning of the Boko Haram attacks in 2009 till date, over 611 teachers were killed and 19,000 displaced in the North East,” he added.
He called on the Federal Government to pay attention to teachers’ welfare and organize professional training for them.
“Improving teachers’ welfare packages and regular payment of salaries and allowances, will eventually improve teachers’ job performances, productivity and job satisfaction.
“Teachers’ professional development should be taken with all seriousness so as to build teachers’ capacity and improve students learning,” Ajiboye said.
He said the agency has registered and certified over 1.8 million teachers since the inception of the Council.
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