Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Anambra State chapter, have rejected the Federal Government’s policy granting waivers to Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education, describing it as a non-proactive measure that will lower the standard of the teaching profession.
The teachers insisted that teaching is a profession with the same status as other professions and, therefore, the standard of admission into Colleges of Education should not be cheapened to attract candidates.
The Anambra State Chairman of the NUT, Chika Chukwudozie, made this known during a press briefing in Awka on Saturday while calling on the Federal Government to reconsider the policy and immediately engage relevant stakeholders to formulate impactful education policies.
Chukwudozie pointed out that the press briefing was organised specifically to intimate the public on their standpoint regarding the Federal Government’s policy of granting waivers to Colleges of Education.
She said, “We are all aware of the recent policy of the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, where the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, announced that education and some agricultural courses are to be exempted from Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board UTME screening.
