Tag: Teachers

Nigeria’s silent crisis: Why schools are struggling to hire teachers

Aminu Imam
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By Habib Tijani Despite a surplus of education graduates, Nigeria faces an alarming shortage of teachers. Stakeholders blame poor renumeration of teachers, politicization of the recruitment system and a loss of respect for the profession as the root causeof the crisis in Nigerian education system. Schools across Nigeria are groaning under the weight of a growing crisis—an acute shortage of qualified teachers. While thousands of young Nigerians graduate from colleges of education and universities each year, the number of employed teachers in public schools remains woefully inadequate. Recent data from…

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International Teachers Day: “Under my watch, your due reward will be given to you” – Tinubu assures teachers

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has assured teachers in the country that his government will ensure they get their due reward. The President, who gave the pledge yesterday, during the 2023 World Teachers Day commemoration at the Eagle Square, Abuja, regretted the challenges confronting Nigerian teachers, including overcrowded classrooms, scarce resources and limited opportunities for professional development, which he said are the result of prolonged neglect of the noble profession. Delivering the Presidents keynote address, titled: Teacher Appreciation: Nurturing Minds, Changing Lives, President Tinubu, who was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, noted…

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Zulum extends Borno teachers’ retirement age by 5 years

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has extended the retirement age of teachers in the state by five years. This is contained in a circular from the Borno State Teaching Service Board signed by the Permanent Secretary, Malam Yusuf Garga. The attention of all teachers is hereby drawn to the fact that Gov. Babagana Zulum, has approved the extension of years of service of all teachers in Borno from 35 to 40 and from 60 to 65 by age whichever comes first. All interested teachers willing to enjoy this are expected…

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Kaduna teachers to protest on Monday over unpaid salary

Aminu Imam

The newly recruited secondary teachers by Kaduna state government are set to stage a peaceful protest on Monday 12th December 2022. According to them, the protest is as a result of the seven months salaries they are owed by the state government under Governor Nasiru el-Rufai. Recall that the teachers were handed letters of offer of provisional appointments on 19th July, 2021. According to them, they had to wait until 17th May, 2022 before they were deployed. Since their deployment, the government has allegedly not paid them their salaries despite…

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Kaduna Insecurity: ‘Over 10 teachers killed, 50 still in captivity from January to date’ – ASUSS

Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS), Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, has disclosed that over 10 teachers have been killed in Kachia, Chikun, Kagarko, Sanga and Kaura local government areas of the State from January 2022 to date. Addressing a press conference to mark the World Teachers Day yesterday in Kaduna, the State Chairman, ASUSS, Comrade Ishaya Dauda, disclosed that over 50 teachers are still in captivity. He urged the State government and other security agencies to secure the release of their members and students in captivity. According to…

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Kaduna: Eight months after employment, 7,600 new teachers await salary, postings

Aminu Imam

Secondary school teachers employed by Kaduna State Government on July 19, 2021, and posted on May 17, 2022 are yet to receive their first salary, according to reports. Recall that it had been earlier reported that the new teachers spent 10 months with neither posting nor salary, with many of them expressing uncertainty over their fate. When we received our postings after 10 months of waiting, we were hopeful that at least we will start getting a salary; because many of us had resigned from our previous jobs to take…

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NUT lashes Kaduna Govt., rejects sack of 2,357 teachers

Aminu Imam

Organised Labour threatens nationwide strike The Kaduna State Government may be heading for another showdown with organised Labour following the decision of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board to sack 2,357 teachers for failing a competency test. The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the State Government fails to reverse the decision to sack the teachers, including its National President, Audu Amba. The union made its position known yesterday during its National Executive Council meeting at the Teachers…

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El-Rufa’i sacks 2,357 teachers, NUT President, over competency test

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB), says it has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. Its spokesperson, Mrs. Hauwa Mohammed, in an issued press statement yesterday in Kaduna, said the Board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in Dec. 2021. She explained that 2,192 primary school teachers, including the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Amba, had been dismissed for refusing to sit for the competency test. She said that some 165 of the 27,662 teachers that sat…

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Competency Test: 6,000 Kaduna primary school teachers panic over fresh sack

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) has started issuing dismissal letters to primary school teachers who did not sit for the competency test conducted for them in December 2021, it was learnt. The Board had on May 26, 2022, commenced the issuance of query letters to the teachers accusing them of disobedience to lawful instruction and refusal to take the competency test. Sources within the State chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) alleged that up to 6,000 will be affected by the sack exercise. The dismissal…

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Kaduna: Ten months after employment, 7600 new teachers set to receive posting letters

Aminu Imam

The 7,600 new teachers recruited by the Kaduna State government are set to receive their posting nearly 10 months after their employment, according to reports. Recall that the new teachers spent eight months without receiving any salary, leading to uncertainty among many of them. However, credible sources in the Kaduna State Government, including the Kaduna State Teachers Service Board, told newsmen that the new teachers will start receiving their posting letters likely from Monday, May 16, 2022. One of the sources said, Barring any hitch, the posting letters will start…

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