Surprise as PhD student could not write his name properly, possible reason emerges

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Professor Garba Maitafsir, the DG of the National Teachers Institute (NTI), has insisted that the decline in Nigeria’s education standards is not due to systemic failure, but rather the quality of teaching
He made this assertion as he disclosed he met a PhD student who could not write his name correctly
The university lecturer, at a one-day workshop in Kaduna, shared the way forward under Governor Uba Sani's leadership

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The director general of the National Teachers Institute (NTI), Professor Garba Maitafsir, has said that as a university lecturer, he came across a PhD Student who could not write his name properly.

National Teachers DG shares how he met a PhD student who could not write his name correctly

According to him, the falling standard of education was not a result of systemic failure but of teaching.

However, he insisted that teachers’ quality must be properly checked if Nigeria is to improve its education system.

Also speaking on the development, the chairman of Teachers Service Board (TSB), in Kaduna state, Adamu Makadi said that teachers earn about 27% higher than their peers in the other sectors of the state government civil service.

The NTI boss and Adamu Makadi spoke at a One-Day Workshop on Teachers Issues In Conflict and Protracted Crisis Settings: Documenting the Effectiveness of the Kaduna Teacher Reforms.

According to Makadi, before the education reforms in Kaduna, it was discovered that nothing really was wrong with the education system, but with the teachers, hence the need for the reform to check the recruitment, deployment and retention of teachers in the state.

“There is nothing wrong with our system of education, the problem is the quality of teachers, so Kaduna State Government took the bull by the horns by initiating a reform in the educational sector, particularly in the areas of recruitment, deployment and retention of teachers.”“The State Government under Senator Uba Sani has done a lot towards ensuring that competent and qualified teachers are retained in Kaduna State through provision of incentives including special allowances over other civil servants,” he said.

Professor Oladele Akogun, a University Don and Regional Research Director, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Nigeria & South Sudan, said teachers should be treated better than Medical Doctors to get the education system right.

Vanguard confirmed the development in its publication on Tuesday, November 12.

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LASU PhD student wins foreign research grant

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a LASU PhD student had won a research grant from the University of Birmingham.

Legit.ng gathered that the grant is entitled, “English Language Support Grants 2021” and it is mainly for non-native English-speaking philosophers of religion. he grant was made possible through the John Templeton Foundation and the Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Originally 10 awardees were targeted all over the world. In a competitive affair, only six grants were awarded and Ofuasia is the only Nigerian among the six from thousands of applicants.

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