Adamu revealed this on Monday, August 29, in Abuja,
after the presentation of a draft roadmap for the education sector –
‘Education for change: A ministerial strategic plan 2016-2019’ – to
stakeholders.
“About 25.3 million students at all levels of education are out- of- school in the country,” he said.
During
his presentation, the Minister highlighted some of the challenges
confronting the education sector, with some of them being poor funding,
cultism, exam malpractice and indiscipline.
According
to him, the strategic plan of his ministry would help address the
problems in the education sector, adding that only qualified and duly
registered teachers will be allowed to teach in the country to ensure
professionalism.
He said: “Teacher education
itself is dying simply because non-professionals have now become
teachers. Therefore, the professionalisation and registration of
teachers will help make sure that the profession is reorganised with
quacks kicked out.
“So nobody should be employed
as a teacher if he or she does not have a teaching qualification; there
is no magic if you are not qualified as a teacher: you cannot teach.”
He
said that the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria is in the
forefront of ensuring that only qualified and registered teachers will
be allowed to teach in Nigeria.
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