Gov Abubakar Bello of Niger State, yesterday, told
education stakeholders in the state that 60 percent of teachers in the state’s
public schools across the 25 local government were not qualified......
Governor
Abubakar Bello of Niger State Speaking at the end of year Academic Day
programme of the State Teachers Professional Development Institute
Implementation Committee, NSTPDIIC, in Mararaban Dandaudu, the governor said
with this development, the standard of education in the state is low.
Governor
Bello, however, said the unqualified teachers would not be sacked, but rather
sent back to school for retraining, adding that “those that cannot be retrained
will be asked to go back to school.
“The essence of this Institute is to ensure
qualitative education and production of quality teachers for the state and to
also ensure that the teaching profession is well regulated and until a teacher
is certificated, he or she will not be allowed to teach henceforth.”
“With the
current state of infrastructure, especially in boarding schools, there is no
way we can produce good future leaders, as these children will feel we did not
take good care of them. That is why we must try to give them some level of
comfort.”
Earlier, the Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Fatima Madugu, in her
address, commended Governor Bello’s administration for its commitment to the
education sector, particularly the Whole School Approach initiative.
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