Teacher Deficit Looms, NCCE Boss Warns, Calls for Urgent Steps to Boost Enrolment
Kuni Tyessi in Abuja
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Dr. Angela Ajala, has warned that Nigeria faces a severe teacher deficit within the next six years if urgent steps are not taken to boost enrolment into teacher-training institutions.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN) in Abuja Wednesday, Ajala said the enrollment rate in Colleges of Education was already “alarming”.
“In some colleges, you find only about 30 students spread across 10 programmes. The attrition rate is alarming. If we do not act now, Nigeria may not have enough teachers in the near future,” she cautioned.
