BY SUNNY A. DAVID
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, says Nigeria has a shortage of two hundred and seventy-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-seven teachers at basic level.
He said this was recorded in the 2018 National Personnel Audit report on Public and Private Basic Education Schools in Nigeria.
The personnel audit conducted by the Universal Basic Education Commission showed that while seventy-three per cent of those teaching in public schools were qualified teachers, only fifty- three per cent of teachers in private schools are qualified to teach.
The Commission said they were those who have the minimum requirement of Nigeria Certificate in Education and above.
