COEASU cautions FG, states over conversion of colleges to varsities — Features — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

The Schools of Schooling Tutorial Workers Union (COEASU) has expressed concern over academic insurance policies of the federal and state governments affecting trainer schooling and referred to as for warning to forestall extinction of the sub-sector.

The Nationwide President of the union, Dr Sensible Olugbeko, who said this towards the backdrop of the current adoption of Tai Solarin College of Schooling (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, by the Federal Authorities and conversion of some state-owned schools of schooling to diploma awarding establishments, questioned why the federal government is working away from fixing the problem of trainer schooling within the nation.

Describing authorities’s motion as de-marketing schools of schooling on the expense of universities, Olugbeko stated the main focus ought to be on tackling points within the schools and never dashing to transform them to universities.

He famous that the conversion of the universities to universities with out altering the nationwide coverage on schooling on the minimal qualification for educating at numerous ranges is misleading.

Olugbeko reminded that the minimal qualification for educating on the primary schooling degree in Nigerian colleges remains to be the Nationwide Certificates in Schooling (NCE).

“That’s what they’re skilled for; to successfully deal with pupils at this degree; however in case you are now asking diploma holders to show on the primary degree, it might be troublesome to get the specified outcomes.

He maintained that changing schools of schooling to full-fledged universities just isn’t the answer to trainer deficit and absence within the school rooms.

“That is the explanation universities of schooling are unable to draw sufficient college students to review schooling programs, prompting them so as to add non-education programs so draw extra college students.

“Whenever you take a look at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) statistics too regarding the variety of candidates who yearly apply for schooling programs, you will see out that they’re at all times the bottom. The straightforward purpose for that is that lecturers are poorly handled, a lot in order that it has change into unattractive to potential undergraduates.”

Olugbeko careworn the necessity for presidency to make the educating occupation extra enticing via improved welfare packages to woo the perfect brains.