GUSAU - Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad, the Chairman of Zamfara Universal Basic Education Board (ZASUBEB), has said 80 per cent of primary school teachers in the state were unqualified.
Muhammad said this in Gusau, at the opening ceremony of a five-day
capacity building programme organised by the board for the teachers in the state.
‘’We know that over 80 per cent of teachers, particularly at the primary level are operating below the NCE or do not possess the professional qualification to teach even though they are graduates,’’ he said.
He said that was why the board organised the programme to acquaint teachers with modern skills and techniques to achieve education for all by 2015.
‘’ Teacher-training programmes will assist the board to provide teachers with the intellectual and professional background needed to make them adaptable to any changing situation,’’ he said.
According to him, the Universal Basic Education Programme would only be successful if teachers were trained and retrained on modern skills and techniques of teaching.
He advised unqualified teachers to enrol in professional programmes in order to fit into the basic education programme.
Muhammad also urged participants at the programme to be fully involved, as it was designed to provide them with unique ethics and intellectual and technical skills.
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