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Twenty-two states have not recruited teachers for primary or secondary schools in the last five to 10 years, data from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) have shown.

The figures showed that some states last recruited primary and secondary school teachers in 2002.

For example, Taraba, Niger, Adamawa, Ondo, Ogun and Delta states last held teachers recruitment for primary and secondary schools in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010.

Other states where teacher recruitment has not taken place for over five years include Benue (2008), for primary and secondary; Nasarawa (2010), primary school; Bayelsa (2012); Ebonyi (2012); Rivers (2013), primary and secondary and Oyo (2014).

The last recruitment of teachers for primary and secondary schools in Kogi was in 2011, the data showed.

NUT National President Muhammed Idris said the union was not happy with this development, adding that classrooms in most states were almost empty.

Idris said the inability of some states to recruit teachers could create additional workload for the few on the ground, create overcrowded classrooms and lead to poor academic performance among the pupils.

The union leader also said the poor treatment of teachers in the country may result to Nigeria not meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on education.

Idris said: “We teachers have so many problems. We always tell government to address these problems so that Nigerian teachers will be happy. But, honestly, our teachers are not happy. That is why we insist on the extension of years of service for Nigerian teachers.

“In most states, our classrooms are almost empty. About 22 states have not recruited teachers for four to five years and teachers are retiring by the day. That is our main concern.

“You will go to classrooms and you will see almost 70 pupils inside without a teacher. Most of the states are running away from the cost of employing teachers.

“The remaining teachers on the ground are manning the schools. One teacher will attend three classes in a day. You will go to class five, four to do your work.”

The NUT president decried the poor conditions of teachers in some states.

According to him, this would impart negatively on the quality of education in the country.

“There is also the challenge of infrastructural decay in most of our schools. Our teachers teach under the shades. There are no classrooms; even in places where there are classrooms, there are no tables and chairs. How do you expect them to improve their productivity?

“Our teachers are ready to teach but the government is demoralising us. Majority of state governments are demoralising us as far as this profession is concerned. That is why we said let them address these issues and recruit more teachers to manage these schools,” Idris said.

Source;
https://thenationonlineng.net/22-states-havent-recruited-teachers-in-10-years-says-nut/amp/

What of those that are retiring every year, no replacement for them? Naija matter self.

God, please, make people do Schools in my neighborhood youtube. And anyone who finds a post, link here so we know what our schools look like. Amen

WTF

There was a country!

sykeng:
What of those that are retiring of every year, no replacement for them. Naija matter self.

Caused by Naija people like yasef?


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Okay

State Govt hardly renovates schools talk more of employing teachers... Will say it again, our problem in this country is our Governors

Chai! And we say we want to be self sufficient when our primary education is in shambles. There was truly a country

Even our higher institutions still use very old materials when technology has advanced, the lecturers don't even subscribe to recent journals to know the latest developments in their departments

sad.

A very poor way to develop the society. Only one teacher will teach biology, agric science and commerce.

why not convert all the npower teachers in each state to permanent

No wonder these indomie generations come here in nairaland and type like humans without brains

Hmmm this is Nigeria


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Imagine 50 public schools in anambra with 46 biology teachers.

Note some schools have 2-3 biology teachers

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WTF

There was a country!

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They should employ na, moreover N-power beneficiaries are there, make dem absorb dem into the system.

post=83722820:
WTF

There was a country!

my friend go back to bed

Am a teacher in rivers state and i can categorically tell you that i teach about four arm(s), each containing more than 100 students. Its really frustrating.

brownnikky16:
Twenty-two states have not recruited teachers for primary or secondary schools in the last five to 10 years, data from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) have shown.

The figures showed that some states last recruited primary and secondary school teachers in 2002.

For example, Taraba, Niger, Adamawa, Ondo, Ogun and Delta states last held teachers recruitment for primary and secondary schools in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010.

Other states where teacher recruitment has not taken place for over five years include Benue (2008), for primary and secondary; Nasarawa (2010), primary school; Bayelsa (2012); Ebonyi (2012); Rivers (2013), primary and secondary and Oyo (2014).

The last recruitment of teachers for primary and secondary schools in Kogi was in 2011, the data showed.

NUT National President Muhammed Idris said the union was not happy with this development, adding that classrooms in most states were almost empty.

Idris said the inability of some states to recruit teachers could create additional workload for the few on the ground, create overcrowded classrooms and lead to poor academic performance among the pupils.

The union leader also said the poor treatment of teachers in the country may result to Nigeria not meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on education.

Idris said: “We teachers have so many problems. We always tell government to address these problems so that Nigerian teachers will be happy. But, honestly, our teachers are not happy. That is why we insist on the extension of years of service for Nigerian teachers.

“In most states, our classrooms are almost empty. About 22 states have not recruited teachers for four to five years and teachers are retiring by the day. That is our main concern.

“You will go to classrooms and you will see almost 70 pupils inside without a teacher. Most of the states are running away from the cost of employing teachers.

“The remaining teachers on the ground are manning the schools. One teacher will attend three classes in a day. You will go to class five, four to do your work.”

The NUT president decried the poor conditions of teachers in some states.

According to him, this would impart negatively on the quality of education in the country.

“There is also the challenge of infrastructural decay in most of our schools. Our teachers teach under the shades. There are no classrooms; even in places where there are classrooms, there are no tables and chairs. How do you expect them to improve their productivity?

“Our teachers are ready to teach but the government is demoralising us. Majority of state governments are demoralising us as far as this profession is concerned. That is why we said let them address these issues and recruit more teachers to manage these schools,” Idris said.

Source;
https://thenationonlineng.net/22-states-havent-recruited-teachers-in-10-years-says-nut/amp/

The solution to this is for fg to discontinue this youth service corp thing or review it.
Either they camp for 2mnths n they give them startups or they simply stop it.
States wont recruit when they r sure of free labourers yearly

Who then replaces those who get retired every year

Crying4NIGERIA:
why not convert all the npower teachers in each state to permanent

Fg has tried now. At least they got opportunity to be in n power, if they make them permanent that means others would be denied the opportunity to be in same n power

My Anambra always on the positive side, while folks from never do well states will be insulting Obiano.

SO, WHAT EXACTLY CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.?

Infact it's not only teachers, all the civil service both state and federal, offices are Just empty ,ND if they want to recruit teachers they will come out with 2000 vacancy for a hole state imagine who is scamming who in this country, fed ND state civil service will come out with,fed 5000 ND state 2000

But Nasarawa State did their recruitment in 2018 nau. Benue own ehn, na case study.

nazicartel:
State Govt hardly renovates schools talk more of employing teachers... Will say it again, our problem in this country is our Governors

All they do is collect federal allocation and pay salary. Some even find it hard to pay. It's very easy to blame federal government for everything. The road in your street is bad, they'll still blame federal government, both warranted and unwarranted blames.

This is funny if its true

To The Gov Dave Umahi

Building bridges and roads are well and good but human development is just as important..