“Quacks, masquerading as teachers, dominate many schools; the only way out is to insist that teachers must be licensed like doctors, engineers or nurses,” Gunshin Yarlings, the Chairman, said in Jos
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They said that a review of the 6-3-3-4 curriculum should be tailored to encourage patronage of Colleges of Education by admission seeking youths
The workers issued the threat at a joint press conference organised by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and Nigeria Union of Pensioners
The Adamawa State Government had said it dedicated the first tranche of N4.8 billion from Paris Club refund to the payment of arrears of salaries of teachers, local government and health workers
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that schools in the state were supposed to reopen on January 9 after the Christmas and New Year holidays, but resumption was postponed to January 16
The Deputy Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Alhaji Toyin Salihu, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in llorin on Monday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the teachers rather chose to obey a counter-directive of the rival Nigeria Union of Teachers not to return to classrooms
Olojede urged the state government to ensure that the percentage of annual budget devoted to the education sector was implemented
Obong, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja, said the constitution was clear on which level of government should manage primary education
According to her, the bonus is to show that the government is committed to the welfare of workers
Jonathan Gukut, a contributor on the Middlebelt Social Media, The Middle Dialogue, gave this damning verdict while reacting to a SOS message: Plateau State primary teachers are dying of starvation (no salaries since March 2014)
Anya said the union generated the fund from the N2,000 levy it imposed on 20,000 teachers in September
He said that government was yet to fulfill the promise it made in August that measures would be put in place to prevent the spread of Ebola in the state
Similarly, Ikenna Achukwu, the state Chairman of the Association of Primary School Head Teachers of Nigeria, said that some public schools had not been provided with borehole or water reservoirs
The Secretary of the Union, Dr. Mike Ene, made the statement on Thursday in Uyo in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
This was disclosed in Asaba on Thursday by the state Chairman of National Union of Teachers, Jonathan Jemirieyigbe
A parent, Okon Edet, with children in primary and secondary schools, said that schools should not be reopened if the EVD prevention kits are not provided to schools
Though opinions are still divided on the resumption date of September 22 among stakeholders, most South West states are forging ahead
A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria in some of the states showed that stakeholders such as the Nigeria Union of Teachers, parents and the Nigerian Medical Association are insisting that state governments should provide needed materials to check the spread of the virus
NMA and NUT had earlier opposed the resumption date