Prof. Anthony Anwukah, the Minister of State for Education, on Monday said the Federal Government will set up regulatory institution for teaching.
Anwukah said this in Abuja during the Annual General Meeting 2015 of Principals of Federal Government Colleges.
The AGM was with the theme: “Education as a Change Agent.” Anwukah said the institution would ensure that teachers at all
levels were certified to boost the quality of education in the country.
He said: “It is only in education that there is no regulatory body
like ICAN (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria for accountants
and COREN (Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria).
“We will ensure that teaching will be regarded in this country by
pushing for the regulatory body to give teaching the status it
deserves.”
Anwukah said the administration would also restructure the
curriculum of Nigeria Certificate in Education to ensure its graduates
were grounded in basic education.
According to him, the present curriculum is preparing the NCE
graduates for Bachelors’ degree in education rather than preparing them
for teaching at the primary level.
Anwukah stated that some of the NCE undergraduates study Education
in Physics, Chemistry, Geography, among others, which are subjects that
are not applicable at the basic level.
The minister assured the principals of the FGCs that all the
challenges facing the colleges would be addressed in this administration
because the government was committed to attaining Education For All.
Anwukah, however, urged the principals to train and teach the students to be good citizens.
He also called on the principals to be transparent in the utilisation of public funds and avoid corrupt practices.
Florence Ejikeme, the Chairperson of Principals of Federal Unity
Colleges, said education through its provision of social service was an
agent of change.
Ejikeme said federal unity colleges were established to bring
together young Nigerians from different parts of the country and expose
them to the same socialising influence.
According to her, the transformation of the Nigerian education
system into vibrant and technologically -driven system as envisaged by
the FG, is faced with many challenges. She outlined some of the challenges to be poor funding, unskilled
personnel, irregular power supply, disruptive internet services,
inadequate security and poor maintenance of ICT equipment, among others.
Ejikeme, however, assured the Federal Government of their support
in ensuring that the country’s education system met global standards.
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