The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has said that
in order to bridge the wide gap between the number of teachers required and the
current number available for basic education, about 1.3 million teachers are
needed in the next six years.
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| Minister Of Education Mallam Adamu |
He spoke at the national flag-off ceremony of the 2015
teachers’ development training held in Abuja Tuesday.
Mallam Adamu who noted that the number was the latest
released on teachers, said it was in view of this that the federal government
was working towards the recruitment and injection of 500, 000 teachers into
basic education across the country.
“When completed, it would place more responsibilities and
higher expectations on states and local governments in terms of the roles they
would play in providing more teaching infrastructure and instructional
materials,” he said.
The minister expressed concern on the inability of some state governments and
State universal Basic Education Boards to promptly access the matching grants
from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
While appealing to state governors to promptly utilize the
funds for rapid educational development, he said the federal government was
doing its best to reduce or do away with the requirement of matching grants.
The Federal Government is to release N120m to each state of
the federation for the 2015 Teachers’ Professional Development programme.
The former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic
Education Commission, Dr. Suleiman Dikko,
Dikko said in addition, the commission, in collaboration
with international development partners, had embarked on the training of
teachers to equip them with the necessary skills to function effectively in
classrooms.
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