Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has revealed that 60 per cent of teachers in public schools across the 25 Local Governments of the state are not qualified to teach.
Bello, who made the disclosure at the Niger State Teachers Professional Development Institute Implementation Committee, during its maiden end of the year Academic Day programme at Mararaban Dandaudu, however said the teachers would not be sacked.
According to him, “We will not sack these unqualified teachers, but we will retrain those that are trainable, and those we cannot train will be asked to go back to school.”
He explained that to ensure qualitative education and quality teachings, the teaching profession would be regulated and, “Until a teacher is certificated, he or she will not be allowed to teach.”
Lamenting the condition of infrastructural facilities in schools in the state, Bello stated that with the current situation, especially in boarding schools, “there is no way we can produce good future for these children. They will feel we did not take good care of them. That is why we must try to give them some level of comfort.”