60% of teachers in Niger using fake certificate — Gov. Bello
- Niger state Governor, Abubakar Bello has
said that 60 per cent of primary and secondary school teachers in
public schools in the state used fake and invalid certificates to obtain
teaching jobs.
- He said the state recorded mass failure in WAEC and NECO because most teachers were not competent— Gov. Bello
Niger
state Governor, Abubakar Bello has said that 60 per cent of primary and
secondary school teachers in public schools in the state used fake and
invalid certificates to obtain teaching jobs.

A secondary teacher asking his students some questions
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Agency of Nigeria reports that Bello made the statement when he
received members of the Board of Directors of Bida Emirate Education
Forum, led by its Chairman, Prof Jonathan Ndagi, in Minna on Wednesday
8th February.
He said that the attention of the state government
had been drawn to the fact that most primary and secondary school
teachers used fake certificates to get employment.
According to him, most of the teachers in public schools do not have the requirement and are not qualified to teach.
“Information
reaching us is that majority of our teachers in public schools do not
have the competency to teach and that is why the state has record of
mass failure in WAEC and NECO.
“Primary school is the basic foundation
for children, if the foundation is faulty, then we will bring
graduating students who cannot compete with their compatriots”, he said.
The
governor directed the Ministry of Education to look at the challenges
facing public schools and suggest how best government can intervene.
“Identify the genuine teachers and the fake ones. The real teachers will be compensated and paid well.
“Teachers’
salaries will be reviewed and those with fake certificates will be
fished out because if we allow this to continue it will mean the
children of the ordinary men don’t have hope,” he added.
Earlier, Ndagi disclosed that the emirate generated N107 million as Internally Generated Revenue since 2001 to date.
He said the organisation spent N124
million on the renovation of classrooms, establishment of computer-based
test centres and creation of women development centres.
The
chairman added that the emirate also sponsored 150 indigenous students
for pre-degree programmes in Federal University of Technology, Minna.
He said that the state government only supported the emirate with N20 million since 2001 and called for more support.
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