Nasarawa State government has inaugurated a seven man implementation committee to disengage teachers in the state without requisite teaching qualifications.
The Executive Chairman, Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) Muhammad Musa Dan’azimi while inaugurating the committee in Lafia said there were about 1,251 teachers without requisite teaching qualifications still teaching in primary schools across the 13 local government of the state.
According to the Board Chairman, the disengagement is in line with the Federal Ministry of Education directive admonishing the committee to carry out the assignments with due diligence, devoid of sentiments or favour.
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Represented by the board Secretary, Hajiya Hashiya Ahmed, Dan’azimis
warned that there would be no room for quackery in the teaching profession in Nasarawa state.
Dan’azimi said the committee has been given the mandate to take every necessary step to ensure that the affected teachers are registered with National Teachers Institute (NTI) and College of Education, Akwanga to obtain requisite teaching qualifications.
In his remarks, Chairman of the implementation committee and Director, planning, Research and Statistics in the board, Isah Eyah, thanked the management for considering them worthy and promised to justify the confidence reposed on them.