The President of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Prof Margee Ensign has called for the training and employment of about 200,000 teachers this year to curb the rot in the education sector in Nigeria.

She made this known in her reaction to the recent massive failure of candidates in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in which 70% were said to have failed.

Prof Ensign noted that the deficiency of teachers, especially in core subjects, must be properly addressed instead of apportioning blames, as research and statistics had proved that the number of teachers the country had at present cannot address the issue of mass failure.

She said the training of teachers must be done consistently as “200,000 additional teachers are needed this year and, by next year, an additional 500,000 will be needed to curb the menace of mass failure and the 11 million out- of-school children must be sent to school and not traditional schools.”

“A country cannot move forward without education for girls and women as this will reduce child mortality, as the number of children that families can have will come naturally, the women will be able to generate their own income.”
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She also advised that every child should be provided with a tablet for learning which should not be seen as luxury but a thing of necessity.

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