The union of teachers urges collaboration to reform the educational sector of Nigeria

Before 2025 day of world teachers, the academic union of secondary schools (ASUSU) asked for collaborations between teachers and other parties interested to face the challenges that must face the educational sector of Nigeria.

The national president of Asuss, his companion Solo Adigun, in a declaration on Friday that revealed the theme of this year’s celebration, “re -founding teaching as a collaborative profession”, underlined the urgent need for unity in facing educational challenges.

He said: “Teaching has never been a job for Lone Rangers. A child’s progress is determined not only by the teacher, but by the parents, by politicians, communities and government”.

He praised the Federal Ministry of Public Education for having included ASUSUS representatives on the expanded government council of Registration teachers of Nigeria (TRCN) and praised the technical and professional program without lessons (TVET) as a model of an effective partnership between politics and practice.

He recognized states such as Ekiti and Bayelsa for having brought the way to provide technical education without taxes and applauds the governments that respect the rights of teachers to freely associate Asuss.

World teachers’ day is celebrated globally on October 5 to honor the educators and highlight the challenges that the profession must face.

However, he expressed concern about the failure of 16 states to implement the age of the harmonized pension for teachers of Nigeria Act, 2022, despite the judgments of the existing court, warning that this abandonment undermines collaborative efforts in the development of the educational sector.

Adigun also criticized the hasty implementation of the new 9 -year -old basic education curriculum, underlining training and inadequate resources of teachers. “The ambition without preparation generates bankruptcy. Where are qualified teachers? Where are the teaching tools?” He interrogated.

Other urgent issues that face the education sector, according to Adigun, include an examination of examination, bad well -being, deterioration of infrastructure and insecurity in schools, stating that problems require collaborative solutions.

He therefore invited the states that have yet to establish the Senior secondary education advice to do it promptly, recruit qualified teachers and priority to the well -being of teachers, also renewing the application for the union certificate of Asuss, which has been approved for 17 years but remains not issued.