A human resources and change management expert, Yomi Fawehinmi, has said Nigeria’s education system is in crisis because teachers are underpaid, undervalued, and overworked. Speaking in an interview on Saturday, Fawehinmi said that while the country now marks World Teachers’ Day, the deeper problems affecting teachers and the education sector remain unresolved. He said some
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal College of Education, Ofeme-Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State, Hajjia Rabia Adamu, has stated that Nigeria requires at least 1.2 million teachers to address the crisis in the education sector. Speaking at the institution’s maiden matriculation ceremony on Friday, Adamu said the country’s teacher-to-pupil ratio is far below
The Africa Educational Management and Leadership Forum (AEF) will host a free virtual summit on October 11 to support teachers in developing the skills necessary to adapt to modern classrooms. The one-day event, themed “Teaching in a Changing World: Innovation, Well-being and Impact,” will focus on equipping educators with tools to thrive in the 21st
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect Sonny Echono, has said technology cannot replace teachers but remains a vital tool for transforming education. Speaking at the 15th Convocation Lecture of Osun State University, Echono, in a lecture titled “Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Building Skills in Graduates for Global Competitiveness”, he
Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), a non-governmental organisation, has trained 150 teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, donated an ICT laboratory, and awarded scholarships to 20 indigent students. The initiative is part of an N5m grant from the dRPC provided to Rising Hope Girls’ Educational Foundation to establish digital laboratories in ten communities. The
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has stated that teachers in the state are critical agents in the actualisation of the shared prosperity agenda of his administration. Oyebanji stated this in Ado-Ekiti when he received the new leadership of the State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), led by its Chairman, Comrade Lawrence
The Oyo State Government has shared about 18,000 tablets with public primary and secondary school teachers across the state’s 33 local government areas. The intervention programme was initiated by the Global Partnership in Education, sponsored by the World Bank in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission and the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board.
The NEPLSeplat Energy Joint Venture has onboarded 650 teachers and Chief Inspectors of Education (CIE) in Edo and Delta States. Both organisations collaborated to do this as part of the 2025 Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP). At the two-day onboarding workshop held in Benin City, the teachers and CIE were prepared ahead of their four–month
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has sent 1,750 temporary teachers, called “Imole Youth Corps Teachers,” to both primary and secondary schools in the State. This action is meant to reduce the lack of teachers in schools and help improve the standard of education for students across Osun State. According to the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has raised an alarm on not being paid the ₦70,000 minimum wage signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in at least nine states in the country. States such as Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Abia, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Yobe, and Zamfara have partially implemented the new minimum wage. Likewise, some of
