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by Alasela Saidi Dear Mallam Nasir, Despite the pleas for mercy from different organizations and unions on your decision to sack over twenty thousand primary school teachers who failed the competency test, you have insisted like Shylock, the Jewish merchant, in William…
By Mutiat Orolu-Balogun We write to draw your attention to the continuous harassment of Muslim girls in many secondary schools across Lagos State, as your excellency has shown commitment to uphold the human right of everyLagosian and indeed every Nigerianas guaranteed under…
By Erasmus Ikhide “Your Excellency Sir, we are not sacking teachers in Kaduna. Rather, we are replacing unqualified people who are unfit to be called teachers to save the future of the next generation.” That was Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s response to his…
By Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose The inspiration for this short public essay was borne out of a statement made by a professor of English, Adeleke Lefak Fakoya, in a lecture he delivered in the University of Ibadan in 2014. The professor started his…
By Abiodun Jimoh I have read so much about the teachers in Kaduna that failed a primary 4 exam and much has been said as regards if firing them or not firing them is the right step. Sadly, this same scenario presented…
By Abdullahi Dahiru When we were students at Science Secondary School, Dawakin Kudu, many teachers were NCE holders. It was even difficult to differentiate who among the teachers had Bsc or NCE. Most teachers then were good. In fact some of our…
By Temitope Adigun One thing that is peculiar and synonymous to every society in the world is the urge and hunger for progress, living on its own without much dependence on other nations and societies of the world. The struggle requires and…
By Andrew Aroloye How time flies is a common saying. We often say too that “the debtor does not count days, but the lender does!”. I couldn’t believe it’s already over five years since Prof. Rahamon Adisa Bello moved into the Eleventh…
I attended a Symposium at the University of Lagos last Thursday, 19th October, 2017 on the invitation of the UNILAG’s Dean of Education, Professor Supo Jegede. The event, which was organised by the University of Lagos in collaboration with Aberystwyth University, UK,…
It’s not surprising to see that changes aren’t meeting Nigeria, when young minds pass through institutions with nothing to hold on to, we then start thinking of working out solutions to people who should be drivers of innovation and creativity in our society, but with teachers who have nothing to offer, it’s a case of back to square one for us!
