25 July 2026
Regulatory

UBEC: 33 Per cent Unqualified Teachers Crippling Education

About one in three teachers in Nigeria’s basic schools are unqualified, a situation UBEC says is undermining the quality of education across the country. Data for the 2022/23 academic year show that only 70.8 per cent of teachers meet official standards, leaving 492,912 without proper credentials. The South West has the lowest share of qualified

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Colleges

Fix Colleges of Education, Expert Tells Government

Dr. Bello Zakariyau Adebayo, Head of Biology at Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, has warned that Nigeria’s education system will continue to suffer unless urgent reforms are made in the training of teachers. Speaking in an interview, Dr. Adebayo said the biggest problem is that teaching is not treated as a true profession. Unlike

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