Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of
Education on Monday said the ministry was planing to present a proposal to the
National Council of State for graduates of education to henceforth be employed
on Grade Level 10 of eight.
He said the proposal would also
include offering employment to students studying education in tertiary
institutions.
Adamu made this disclosure when
he received Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger and some members of his
cabinet at the Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters in Abuja.
The minister also disclosed plan
by the Nigerian government to declare a state of emergency in the education
sector in April.
Adamu requested the support of
all states governors to do the same in their respective states.
“By the end of April, we are
proposing there will be a declaration of state of emergency in the education
sector all over the country.
“We request all the state
governors to do same in their states and we hope that once this is done our
educational sector will improve.
“I will also meet with the
governors to appeal to them to give special emphasis to address the problem of
low standard of education especially at primary level,” he said.
Earlier, Bello, noted that his
administration was revamping the educational sector through provision of good
infrastructure in schools and training of teachers.
He said that the state government
planned to establish three teachers professional institute in the three zones,
adding that one was already being established in Munya Local Government Area.
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