Only qualified teacher will be permitted to practice.
ONLY QUALIFIED, REGISTERED TEACHERS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE —MINISTER
AUGUST 29, 2016 / :
MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu,
has said only qualified teachers, who are duly
registered, would be allowed to teach in the
country to ensure professionalism.
Adamu said this while briefing newsman on the
sidelines on the presentation of a draft
roadmap, tagged “Education for Change: A
Ministerial Strategic Plan 2016-2019’’ to
education stakeholders, in Abuja, on Monday.
He said the teaching profession had declined
and there was the need to ensure
professionalism to improve the quality of
education.
“Teacher education itself is dying simply
because non-professionals have now become
teachers.
“Therefore, the professionalisation and
registration of teachers will help make sure
that the profession is reorganised with quacks
kicked out.
“So, nobody should be employed as a teacher if
he or she does not have a teaching
qualification; there is no magic if you are not
qualified as a teacher: you cannot teach,”
Adamu said.
According to the minister, teaching
qualification means the person had undergone
the course of philosophy of education and the
method of teaching.
Adamu said the Teachers Registration Council
of Nigeria (TCN) was in the forefront of
ensuring that only qualified and registered
teachers would be allowed to teach in Nigeria.
The minister listed funding as one of the major
challenges in the sector, saying that it had not
been fully funded.
He mentioned other challenges in the sector to
include: out-of- school children, cultism,
examination malpractices and indiscipline.
“Only 17 per cent of applicants are admitted
into the university and there are 11 million out-
of-school children.
“About 25.3 million students at all levels of
education are out- of- school in the country.’’
Adamu expressed the hope that the strategic
plan would help address the problems in the
education sector, saying “this document is the
solution to the problems in the sector.”
WILL BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE —MINISTER
AUGUST 29, 2016 / :
MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu,
has said only qualified teachers, who are duly
registered, would be allowed to teach in the
country to ensure professionalism.
Adamu said this while briefing newsman on the
sidelines on the presentation of a draft
roadmap, tagged “Education for Change: A
Ministerial Strategic Plan 2016-2019’’ to
education stakeholders, in Abuja, on Monday.
He said the teaching profession had declined
and there was the need to ensure
professionalism to improve the quality of
education.
“Teacher education itself is dying simply
because non-professionals have now become
teachers.
“Therefore, the professionalisation and
registration of teachers will help make sure
that the profession is reorganised with quacks
kicked out.
“So, nobody should be employed as a teacher if
he or she does not have a teaching
qualification; there is no magic if you are not
qualified as a teacher: you cannot teach,”
Adamu said.
According to the minister, teaching
qualification means the person had undergone
the course of philosophy of education and the
method of teaching.
Adamu said the Teachers Registration Council
of Nigeria (TCN) was in the forefront of
ensuring that only qualified and registered
teachers would be allowed to teach in Nigeria.
The minister listed funding as one of the major
challenges in the sector, saying that it had not
been fully funded.
He mentioned other challenges in the sector to
include: out-of- school children, cultism,
examination malpractices and indiscipline.
“Only 17 per cent of applicants are admitted
into the university and there are 11 million out-
of-school children.
“About 25.3 million students at all levels of
education are out- of- school in the country.’’
Adamu expressed the hope that the strategic
plan would help address the problems in the
education sector, saying “this document is the
solution to the problems in the sector.”
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