By Iffy.
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has urged the 13 local government areas of the state to collaborate with the State Government for the employment of competent and qualified primary school teachers to ensure that pupils get the best form of primary education.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, decried the situation after the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Daniel Ogazi, raised the issue while the House was deliberating on matters of public importance during its proceedings in Lafia on Monday.
The Assembly said the standard of primary education in the state was very poor due to shortage of teachers and lamented that between 2011 and 2021, no fewer than 3,665 primary school teachers had retired or died, adding that since then, the government had not conducted any recruitment to fill the vacant positions.
Balarabe-Abdullahi in his address maintained that;
“Our resolution is that we are urging the state government to declare a state of emergency in primary education, and that the local government areas in conjunction with the state government should put machinery in place for the employment of primary school teachers.”
“I believe we all attended public schools, and if we send our children to public schools, it would revive the system and ensure quality education in the state,” he added.
