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Revival of grade II teachers colleges counter productive – FCE Yola Provost

The Provost of the Federal College of Education Yola, Professor Abdudulmumini Saad  has cautioned against reintroduction Grade II Teachers Colleges. Professor Abdulmumini dismissed calls for…

The Provost of the Federal College of Education Yola, Professor Abdudulmumini Saad  has cautioned against reintroduction Grade II Teachers Colleges.

Professor Abdulmumini dismissed calls for the revival of teachers colleges, saying the National Certificate of Education (NCE) should remain the minimum teaching qualification in Nigeria.

He noted that  positive changes in policy and in curriculum had occurred  as the NCE replaced  the grade II certificate as the minimum qualification for teachers, saying return to the old system would be tantamount to lowering the minimum  requirement.

“To bring back teachers colleges is certainly going to be very problematic, because the curriculum has changed a long time ago. Now the minimum teaching qualification is N.C.E., if you bring back grade II, you are saying that the minimum qualification is grade II, which I went through. So which one is better, is it for you to be taught by a grade II teacher or by an NCE graduate?”, he noted.

“I have always had a different view on the issue of falling standard of education. When you look at our curriculum  you find that alot of improvement has taken place and alot of quality assurance mechanism put in place, the issue is actually between what  we used to learn in the past and what we  learn now “ Professor Sa’ad said.

Calling for increased funding for tertiary education,  the provost disclosed that FCE Yola could not afford to pay monthly  electricity bills of N3 million, so the management resorted  load shedding where each section of the school enjoyed electricity supply for some hours”, he said.

He, however, commended the TETFUND for funding infrastructure development in the school including the Directorate of Undergraduate Studies which made it possible for the college to run a degree programme.

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