Minister: Dearth of qualified tech teachers, major education challenge

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the dearth of qualified technical teachers is one of the major challenges facing the education sector in the Nigeria. Malam Adamu stated this at the first edition of the 2017 Convergence Education Summit, tagged ‘New Shifts in Education as a Result of the New Dynamics […]

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the dearth of qualified technical teachers is one of the major challenges facing the education sector in the Nigeria.

Malam Adamu stated this at the first edition of the 2017 Convergence Education Summit, tagged ‘New Shifts in Education as a Result of the New Dynamics in our World Today’, organised by his ministry in collaboration with Educorp World and CTL Academy, in Abuja, yesterday.

“The education sector is plagued with so many challenges. Some of the challenges include dearth of qualified technical teachers, dilapidated and inadequate classrooms, lack of tools and equipment for technical and vocational education, poor data for educational planning and administration.

Others are dearth of critical ICT infrastructure and services, low access to tertiary education due to insufficient institutions, multiplicity of curriculum-related issues, problem of out-of-school children and poor funding, among others,” he stated.

He said the declaration of emergency in the education sector and the development of a Ministerial Master Plan (MSP) for the sector were the recent actions taken to revitalise the sector.

According to him, the Ministerial Master Plan (MSP) has mapped out strategies to resolve the challenges in the education sector.

The minister however said that the attainment of the MSP requires a convergence of intervention from the public and private sectors within and outside the country.

He described the collaboration with a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Educorp World, as an indication of government’s readiness to work with well-meaning Nigerians and other development partners.