World Teachers' Day: Education in crisis in Nigeria — President of NUT
The newly elected president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Amba, said the challenges of teacher shortages, poor infrastructure, insufficient funding and unwillingness of some states to implement the minimum of 30,000 naira, among many others. , have plunged the Nigerian education system into a "crisis".
Mr. Amba said this on Wednesday during his speech at Eagle Square in Abuja at an event marking this year's World Teachers' Day.
He said, "It is regrettable that this deplorable state of education and the poor working conditions of teachers are negatively affecting the delivery of education services, especially in the public sector."
Mr. Amba therefore called on the federal and state governments to increase budget allocation for the sector.
He said: "Allow me to take this opportunity to reiterate our call on governments, at national and sub-national levels, to place a high value on education and give teachers their place of choice in the company.
"In this regard, we must prepare ourselves as a nation to invest adequately in education by increasing budget allocations to education in line with internationally recommended benchmarks by at least 4% to 6% of GDP and/or 15% to 20% of public expenditure."
Amba thanks BuhariThe NUT Chairman, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Teachers Retirement Age Harmonization Bill.
Mr. Amba therefore called on the president to speed up the implementation of the other social programs promised to teachers.
Government hails teachers' union
Meanwhile, the Nigerian government also appreciated the teachers union for ensuring social harmony in the country's public primary and secondary schools.
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu said teachers have remained engaged despite being “sometimes victims of intolerable policies, practices and experiences”.
"I note with a huge debt of gratitude that the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the umbrella association of all teachers, has never called its members to strike or stopped providing for the education network. .
The newly elected president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Amba, said the challenges of teacher shortages, poor infrastructure, insufficient funding and unwillingness of some states to implement the minimum of 30,000 naira, among many others. , have plunged the Nigerian education system into a "crisis".
Mr. Amba said this on Wednesday during his speech at Eagle Square in Abuja at an event marking this year's World Teachers' Day.
He said, "It is regrettable that this deplorable state of education and the poor working conditions of teachers are negatively affecting the delivery of education services, especially in the public sector."
Mr. Amba therefore called on the federal and state governments to increase budget allocation for the sector.
He said: "Allow me to take this opportunity to reiterate our call on governments, at national and sub-national levels, to place a high value on education and give teachers their place of choice in the company.
"In this regard, we must prepare ourselves as a nation to invest adequately in education by increasing budget allocations to education in line with internationally recommended benchmarks by at least 4% to 6% of GDP and/or 15% to 20% of public expenditure."
Amba thanks BuhariThe NUT Chairman, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Teachers Retirement Age Harmonization Bill.
Mr. Amba therefore called on the president to speed up the implementation of the other social programs promised to teachers.
Government hails teachers' union
Meanwhile, the Nigerian government also appreciated the teachers union for ensuring social harmony in the country's public primary and secondary schools.
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu said teachers have remained engaged despite being “sometimes victims of intolerable policies, practices and experiences”.
"I note with a huge debt of gratitude that the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the umbrella association of all teachers, has never called its members to strike or stopped providing for the education network. .
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