Education: Nigeria To Declare State Of Emergency In April

The federal government of Nigeria would declare a state of emergency in the education sector in April, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said on Monday, January 29, 2018.

Adamu made this disclosure when he received Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State and some members of his cabinet at the Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters in Abuja.

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The minister also sought the support of all state governors to do the same in their respective states.

He said: “By the end of April, we are proposing that there will be a declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector all over the country.

“We request all the state governors to do the same in their states and we hope that once this is done our educational sector will improve.

“I will also meet with the governors to appeal to them to give special emphasis to addressing the problem of low standard of education especially at the primary school level.”

The minister further disclosed that the ministry was planning to present a proposal to the National Council of State for graduates of Education to henceforth be employed on Grade Level 10.

According to Adamu, the proposal would also include offering employment to students studying Education in tertiary institutions across the country.

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