The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday said the Muhammadu Buhari administration was in support of increasing the retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years.

The minister made this known at a public hearing on the need to insulate teachers from the retirement age for public servants, organised by the House Joint Committee on Basic Education and Public Service.

The minister said that it was as a means of improving the standard of basic and secondary education in the country.

Adamu informed the house joint committee that the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) had submitted the new retirement age proposal to the ministry and the National Assembly for approval.
He said that the drive was based on the need for better performance by teachers and the desire to have quality teachers in the nation’s schools.

“Nigerian teachers to some extent require a reasonable retirement age like their counterparts in India, Canada, Belgium that have increased the retirement age for teachers to 65 years.

“We are appealing to the House to approve the bill because the ministry is in support of increasing the retirement age of teachers,” he said.

Earlier, the Chairman House Committee on Basic Education, Rep Zakari Mohammed, said that the bill was being considered for passage.

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Dullard

Dull minded government! Raising retirement age with lots of youths roaming the streets. What a nation!

Yet the 90 year old slow poke still wants another tenure of 4 years. Teachers should retire when they are 90 too.

Birds of the same feather flog together. Weytin 65 year old get to offer wey poverty nd stress don deal with most of them