Adamawa NUT seeks community-based teacher posting

The Adamawa State section of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged the authorities authorities to station recently employed teachers to their respective places of commencement wherever they besides reside.

The national made the entreaty connected Monday astatine a ceremonial successful Yola to people World Teachers’ Day, arguing that allowing teachers to enactment successful oregon adjacent to their country of residence would heighten moving convenience and effect successful greater attraction to teaching.

The authorities president of the union, Faisal Abubakar Muhammed, who presented the NUT address, said specified a argumentation would guarantee that agrarian and hard-to-reach schools person capable staffing.

Muhammed said, “We entreaty that aboriginal employment of teachers should beryllium community-based. Recruiting qualified teachers from the communities wherever they reside volition code teacher shortages, trim absenteeism, promote commitment, and beforehand amended knowing betwixt teachers, parents and the communities.”

The NUT president appreciated Governor Ahmadu Fintiri for granting a five-year hold of work to Science and English teachers, and appealed to the politician to widen the gestu...