Tag: Teachers
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19,273 Nigerian teachers fail professional qualification exam
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof. Segun Ajiboye, said on Sunday that a total of 53,674 candidates passed the November diet of the Professional Qualification Examination organised by the council to certify teachers in the country. According to the Registrar, 72,947 took the examinations in various centres across the country. The don, while…
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Nigeria short of 277,537 teachers – UBEC
The basic education sub-sector has 277,537 teachers deficit, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said. The commission also said there is a deficit of 135,319 teachers at the Early Childhood Care Development Education, 139,772 in primary schools and 2,446 in Junior Secondary Schools nationwide. It said there are 27.8 million learners currently enrolled in…
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Why we are negotiating with kidnappers of Kaduna teachers, schoolgirls – Police
…says we know their location Barely a week after the kidnap of six female students and two teachers of Engravers College Kaduna, police say they know the location of the abductees, but cannot, for their safety, use force to free them. The police said they opted for negotiation with the kidnappers. Kaduna State Police Commissioner…
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WTD: Buhari pledges more incentives to retain young teachers in rural areas
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration is working out more incentives to retain young graduates who are teaching in public schools in rural communities. Buhari said that his administration would provide policies that will create allowances and annual retention benefits for teachers in order to attract and retain them in rural communities. The president…
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Fayemi excites Ekiti Teachers, announces payment of N30, 000 new minimum wage from October
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said the state government would begin the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000 from this month. Fayemi said the decision was predicated on the need to improve the living standard of workers, especially teachers to be able to deliver the best and reposition the…
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JUST IN: Abductors of Kaduna school girls, teachers demand N50m ransom
Abductors of six female students and teachers at Engravers College, Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have demanded N50m as ransom to free the abductees. Recall that the gunmen had in the early hours of Thursday stormed the college and took away six female students and two other staff of the…
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NUT supports TRCN on deadline for unqualified teachers
The Nigeria Union of Teacher (NUT) is collaborating with Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on the 2020 deadline for unqualified or unregistered teachers to upgrade, a union official has said. National Public Secretary of the union, Mr Emmanuel Hwande, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, that the ultimatum was necessary…
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Where did you travel to – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido It is unbelievable how man has decided to complicate this simple life that God created. It actually started in the Garden of Eden where two naked adults, male and female, did not even know they were naked until they dabbled into forbidden territory. Today’s article is another example of how wo(man) complicates…
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Teachers’ welfare key to reviving education in Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said reviving the educational sector, with renewed focus on teaching valuable lessons like integrity in schools, will require giving priority to the welfare and training of teachers, who directly create the enabling environment for learning. Buhari spoke while receiving a delegation from the Arewa House Centre for Historical…
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Teachers sacked by terrorist in North-East back to classrooms – TRCN
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye Ajiboye has disclosed that some of the school teachers who were sacked by terrorists in the north-eastern part of the country are back to classroom. He said that the Council had commenced the process of bringing back to the classrooms, teachers who have deserted…