The minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu,
says unqualified teachers would have negative impact
on the performance of students
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- He says it is embarrassment that there are many
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- Governor Ayo Fayose promotes 45,000 workers
The minister of education, Malam Adamu
Adamu, has urged teachers to ensure they were
qualified, licensed and registered before 2019 or
be flushed out of the classrooms.
Adamu gave the warning while monitoring the
2018 Batch A teacher Professional Qualifying
Examination (PQE) in Abuja on Saturday, June 9.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the no fewer than 22,000 would-be teachers sat
for the Computer Based Teachers PQE nationwide
which held from June 7 to 9.
Adamu, represented by Sonny Echono, the
permanent secretary, stressed that if teachers
were not qualified and properly equipped, the
products who are the students would also fall
short and ultimately the country will suffer.
“The person at the centre of it all is the teacher, not the
pupils and if the teachers are not qualified and properly
equipped then how can they give our children the best.
“So as a government we are insisting that we must raise the
standards; we must become like other countries of the
world.
“We have set a deadline for ourselves and we are going to
enforce it.
“If by 2019 you are not a qualified, certified and registered
teacher, you will be removed from our classrooms and we
will give the job to those who are qualified.
“It is an embarrassment to us that we have so many
qualified people without job and we are given the job to
people who are not qualified. It is insane.
”In the past, we did not have the right numbers, so we
appreciate that those not qualified helped us to meet that
shortfall, that is why we have given this time of grace, ” he
said.
He urged the teachers to continue to improve
themselves while their employers would do their
part to continue to train an retrain them.
The minister noted that some people were
opposing the use of computer based test, which
he said was not going to be scrapped.
According to him, all over the world, even
primary school pupils are using tablets and
devices.
Adamu said that the world was not going to wait
for Nigeria, calling on everyone to be vanguards
of upgrading the standards in our schools.
He said that there were some logistics
problems during the exercise, however, the
officials had been able to overcome them.
“We are overwhelmed by the number of teachers writing
the examination, which is a good problem to have.
“If we need to do a third diet, we will to it to accommodate
everybody,” he said.
Prof Josiah Ajiboye, registrar, Teachers
Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), said that
the examination was written in 42 centres across
the 36 states of the federation and the FCT
simultaneously.
Ajiboye, however, said that some states started
the examination on Thursday, June 7, due to the
number of candidates in those states sitting for
the examination.
He listed the states include Bauchi, Enugu,
Kaduna, Kano and Taraba.
”In Kaduna state, we have about 6,000 candidates, in Kano
about 2,000 candidates, in Enugu 3,600, and Taraba about
2,000 candidates.
“The examination will last for 60 minutes to answer 60
questions.
“We have been getting situation reports from the states
that all is moving smoothly."
Ajiboye said that the CBT exam was set based on
the different qualification of the teachers, which
include NCE, degree, masters and PhD holders.
He stressed that by 2019 any teacher who was
found in the classrooms not qualified, licensed
and registered by TRCN would be flushed out.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti state Head of Service,
(HOS), Gbenga Faseluka, has been given one
week to distribute promotion letters to the over
45,000 civil servants who recently sat for
qualifying interview and passed.
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti gave the one-week
ultimatum on Saturday, June 9, to Faseluka in
Ado Ekiti.
He also said that his administration was set to
fulfil an earlier promise of employing over 2,000
new hands into the state public service.
says unqualified teachers would have negative impact
on the performance of students
A bank account in 4 min?
It takes 4 min to open a savings account right on your
phone and get your account number!
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- He says it is embarrassment that there are many
qualified people without jobs while jobs are given to
people who are not qualified
- Governor Ayo Fayose promotes 45,000 workers
The minister of education, Malam Adamu
Adamu, has urged teachers to ensure they were
qualified, licensed and registered before 2019 or
be flushed out of the classrooms.
Adamu gave the warning while monitoring the
2018 Batch A teacher Professional Qualifying
Examination (PQE) in Abuja on Saturday, June 9.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the no fewer than 22,000 would-be teachers sat
for the Computer Based Teachers PQE nationwide
which held from June 7 to 9.
Adamu, represented by Sonny Echono, the
permanent secretary, stressed that if teachers
were not qualified and properly equipped, the
products who are the students would also fall
short and ultimately the country will suffer.
“The person at the centre of it all is the teacher, not the
pupils and if the teachers are not qualified and properly
equipped then how can they give our children the best.
“So as a government we are insisting that we must raise the
standards; we must become like other countries of the
world.
“We have set a deadline for ourselves and we are going to
enforce it.
“If by 2019 you are not a qualified, certified and registered
teacher, you will be removed from our classrooms and we
will give the job to those who are qualified.
“It is an embarrassment to us that we have so many
qualified people without job and we are given the job to
people who are not qualified. It is insane.
”In the past, we did not have the right numbers, so we
appreciate that those not qualified helped us to meet that
shortfall, that is why we have given this time of grace, ” he
said.
He urged the teachers to continue to improve
themselves while their employers would do their
part to continue to train an retrain them.
The minister noted that some people were
opposing the use of computer based test, which
he said was not going to be scrapped.
According to him, all over the world, even
primary school pupils are using tablets and
devices.
Adamu said that the world was not going to wait
for Nigeria, calling on everyone to be vanguards
of upgrading the standards in our schools.
He said that there were some logistics
problems during the exercise, however, the
officials had been able to overcome them.
“We are overwhelmed by the number of teachers writing
the examination, which is a good problem to have.
“If we need to do a third diet, we will to it to accommodate
everybody,” he said.
Prof Josiah Ajiboye, registrar, Teachers
Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), said that
the examination was written in 42 centres across
the 36 states of the federation and the FCT
simultaneously.
Ajiboye, however, said that some states started
the examination on Thursday, June 7, due to the
number of candidates in those states sitting for
the examination.
He listed the states include Bauchi, Enugu,
Kaduna, Kano and Taraba.
”In Kaduna state, we have about 6,000 candidates, in Kano
about 2,000 candidates, in Enugu 3,600, and Taraba about
2,000 candidates.
“The examination will last for 60 minutes to answer 60
questions.
“We have been getting situation reports from the states
that all is moving smoothly."
Ajiboye said that the CBT exam was set based on
the different qualification of the teachers, which
include NCE, degree, masters and PhD holders.
He stressed that by 2019 any teacher who was
found in the classrooms not qualified, licensed
and registered by TRCN would be flushed out.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti state Head of Service,
(HOS), Gbenga Faseluka, has been given one
week to distribute promotion letters to the over
45,000 civil servants who recently sat for
qualifying interview and passed.
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti gave the one-week
ultimatum on Saturday, June 9, to Faseluka in
Ado Ekiti.
He also said that his administration was set to
fulfil an earlier promise of employing over 2,000
new hands into the state public service.
