₦airaland Forum

This is to inform all Staff, Students and Facilitators of the National Teachers’ Institute to ignore the recent media announcement declaring NTI’s PGDE and Bachelor’s Degree programmes illegal. Therefore, Students should not be distracted and concentrate fully on their studies and prepare for the forthcoming 1st Semester examination.
The Institute has not received any communication from our mother ministry which is the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) in this regard.
Kindly note that NTI is not answerable to any agency other than the Federal Ministry of Education. All things between NTI and FME has been cordial. The Institute has not violated any government law and has been conducting her programmes and activities based on her legitimate mandate.
As such, the recent announcement declaring NTI PGDE and Bachelor’s Degree as illegal is believed to be the work of mischief makers who are envious of the success recorded by the institute. Therefore, the NTI Management is currently in discussion with its mother ministry (FME) to address the embarrassing and false announcement by NUC. As such, all our students, facilitators, members and other associates should continue their normal academic activities.
Moreover, to the best of the Institute’s knowledge, the Post Graduate Diploma in Education programme (PGDE) and Bachelor’s Degree Programmes managed by the Institute have followed all the laid down processes and procedures and all the records are straight and well documented.
Thank you.

Abubakar Mohammed Sadiq
Ag. Registrar, NTI

indoorlove:
It will take years (maybe century) for Nigeria to get it right educationally.

NTI uses the ODL model of education, using what u called half baked lecturers and dilapidated classrooms for their students is their way of going extra mile to teach their students. Bc in ODE your course manual is your teacher.

NTI offers its Degree programmes in partnership with NOUN, even the manuals have dual logo of NTI and NOUN. And those with the PGDE certificate will confirm that its in affiliation with some notable universities across the country like UI, ABU or UNN. Please uses certified secondary schools for its NCE programmes while faculties of education in Nigerian universities are used for its Bachelor degree programmmes. Let's wait for official response from NTI