President Muhammadu Buhari stated yesterday that education was crucial to Nigeria's future and that no society could advance above its educational level.
The President said that his administration was committed to elevating teachers, education, and the teaching profession to their proper positions in light of this growth.
Speaking during the World Teachers' Day celebration in Abuja in 2022, Buhari emphasised that education was one of the key factors separating wealthy, functional, and healthy societies from those in more disadvantaged areas.
“We owe so much of our well-being as a nation to our educators at every level,” said Bihari, who was represented by the vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
He explained that his government was fully implementing the professional teaching and teacher qualification framework standards that would invariably impact on education outcome and teachers’ performance at the pre-school, basic, secondary and tertiary levels.
He said: “We are also developing a verifiable database of teachers in Nigeria. Already, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has registered 2, 108, 342 teachers and licensed 1,250,000 teachers.
“Indeed, our future as a nation is so heavily dependent on education and our educators. This explains why the federal government is determined to return teachers, teaching and the teaching profession to their rightful places.
“October 5th is a very special date. It is the day we celebrate the very best of us and perhaps the most important persons in our nation, teachers.
“Those men and women who daily go into classrooms to banish ignorance, imbue knowledge, inspire and nurture the minds of millions of young people one school day at a time.
“”It is the day in the year when we say what we should say everyday to our teachers – thank you. Thank you for your patience, commitment, your sacrifice , your hardwork amid many challenges .
“No society can grow beyond its educational attainment. One of the major differences between healthy, well functioning and prosperous societies and poorer societies is education. We owe so much of our well-being as a nation to our educators at every level.
“Indeed, our future as a nation is so heavily dependent on education and our educators. This explains why the federal government is determined to return teachers, teaching and the teaching profession to their rightful places.
“Our new teachers’ policy is already being implemented at the federal level and in some states. It emphasizes the importance of teachers to educational transformation but also introduces the important responsibility that teachers themselves have.
‘That is to be at the cutting edge of advancements in education and especially the use of technology and modern teaching methods.
“Education must respond to the dynamism, speed of development and massive changes in society.