Provost, Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State, Dr. Nathaniel Odediran (right), representative of the Minister of Education, Professor Monday Tommy Joshua; registrar, Mrs Aisha Bukar and the Best Graduating Student, Abraham Baba Zhiri (left), at the convocation of the college, last week.
A cumulative 11,056 new graduate teachers representing 10 sets from 2005 to 2015 took part in the 26th to 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State, last Saturday.
The provost of the college, Dr. Nathaniel Odediran, listed acute shortage of funds as one of the reasons for the prolonged delay in graduating the students.
In his speech at the event, the executive secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education, Professor Monday Joshua, expressed concern at the development, but said he was convinced the graduates are of good quality, given the monitoring the commission had carried out in the college in the past 10 years.
The federal government, at the event, reiterated its commitment to teacher education because of its belief that no nation can rise above the quality of its teachers.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said in his address: “It is a statement of fact that education can only thrive under a peaceful atmosphere, social justice and equity. It is, therefore, mandatory for all stakeholders to work assiduously towards ensuring qualitative teacher education in all our colleges of education in Nigeria.”
Adamu Adamu noted that despite what Nigeria is going through at the moment in terms of insecurity, prevalence of corruption, kidnapping and child abuse, the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is poised to move the nation towards greatness in all spheres of life.
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