Education (NCE) cannot deliver quality teaching in classroom.
Yusuf said in an interview in Kaduna that 90 per cent
of NCE holders he had come across have no mastery of their subjects and cannot
therefore impart quality knowledge to their students.
“In series of interviews for employment in my school,
only one out of 10 demonstrate proficiency in their subject.”
He lamented that the quality of teachers that come out
of teachers training institutions have been on the downward trend in the
country.
Yusuf blamed the development on lack of adequate and
quality teachers at the training institutions and neglect of the teaching
profession by government.
The principal also attributed the problem to the lack
of interest in the teaching profession, as those admitted to Colleges of
Education were students who largely failed to secure admission to other
tertiary institutions.
“Such people find their way to colleges of education
because of the lowered admission requirements that accommodates them.
“The students lack significant interest and passion in
teaching as a profession.”
Yusuf added that the high rate of examination
malpractice was also facilitating the churning out of half baked teachers in
the country.
The principal said that until these challenges are
addressed, Nigeria would continue to produce high number of NCE holders who
have nothing to offer.
The educationist advised government to pay more
attention to the retraining of teachers, improve funding for education
including teachers welfare and protection of their image, to make the
profession attractive.
“Supervision is also key in improving the quality of
teaching in schools.
“Not only that, teacher training institutions should
increase the entry requirements and screens students based on interest and
passion to teach, ” Yusuf said. (NAN)
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