It will worsen education challenges in Nigeria – Experts Dual mandate the solution – President of SSUCOEN The recent trend of state governments upgrading...
By Chidimma C. Okeke It will worsen education challenges in Nigeria – Experts Dual mandate the solution – President of SSUCOEN The recent trend of state governments upgrading Colleges of Education to universities has continued to raise dust among stakeholders considering the vital role played by the colleges in the education sector. Colleges of Education are tasked in the area of producing professionally trained teachers for vocational and technical secondary schools to meet the nation’s requirements for technological take-off as provided in the National Policy on Education.
However, the trend, which seems like a ploy to phase out the production of National Certificate in Education (NCE) holders spells doom for the country, as posited by some stakeholders. The federal government phased out Teachers Education Certificate and made the minimum requirement for teaching in the country to be NCE. However, irrespective of that, the country is yet to produce the required number of professional teachers to man the affairs of primary and secondary education, which has been attributed to poor salary and welfare of teachers in the country.
Recall, the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, said the 2018 National Personnel Audit (NPA) report on Public and Private Basic Education Sc.