Sokoto State Government says it has concluded plans to establish a new Teachers’ Institute that will function solely to train and re-train teachers in the state.
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal made the disclosure when he received the report of a committee set up by the state government on the recruitment of 2,000 teachers.
A statement issued on Saturday in Sokoto by Malam Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor, said the governor reiterated that the teachers would be trained in batches by the institute.
“Most of the graduates today don’t have a teaching background because that aspect of their training has been phased out.
“I believe that setting up the institute will address the shortcomings of our graduates,” Tambuwal said.
He commended members of the committee for a job well done.
He noted that the committee members had painstakingly done the job requested of them, “especially in the area of screening and ensuring that you bring out the best of the best of those who applied for the job and ensuring spread and reflection of the state in the exercise.”
“I have taken note of the special situation of certain local governments in the state that requires some interventions in order to boost their drive for educational development.
“I have also taken note of most of the issues you have raised. I am sure most of them are contained in this report. We shall study them one after the other,” he assured.
Tambuwal dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the state government had taken a position not to pay the National Examination Council (NECO) fees for indigenes of the state who failed a mock examination.
According to him, the rumour being peddled is not the final position of the government.
“By the time we sit next week, we will be able to reach a final position on that after consulting the relevant stakeholders,” he said.