NAPPS, teachers target Guinness World Record

By Niyi Okiri

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS; Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, and different stakeholders are finalising plans to mobilise teachers for a Guinness World Record effort that volition spot 60,000 teachers stitchery astatine the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, successful Lagos, for the landmark ‘Let There beryllium Teachers’ Conference, scheduled for Saturday.

This was revealed astatine a meeting, which brought unneurotic schoolhouse leaders, educators and different acquisition assemblage stakeholders, to representation retired strategies, up of the landmark conference.

The meeting, which focused connected schoolhouse maturation and sustainability, was besides designed to spotlight teachers’ issues and fortify advocacy for acquisition reform.

“This is simply a precursor to the lawsuit coming up connected Saturday,” said Coach Luyi Armstrong, General Secretary of NAPPS, adding, ”we are excited that, for the archetypal clip successful our country’s history, teachers volition stitchery connected specified a standard to sermon their challenges and observe their contributions,” helium added.

Conference convener and acquisition advocate, Oluwaseyi Anifowose, highlighted the value of collaboration, saying “The maturation of our schools is straight tied to the maturation of our teachers. When we empower schools, we empower educators and, ultimately, we unafraid the aboriginal of acquisition successful Nigeria.”

On his part, Dr. Hakeem Subair, co-founder of 1 Million Teachers, 1MT, said “it is clip for nine to wage much attraction to teachers’ issues. Teachers play a singular relation successful shaping nine and gathering harmony,” helium noted.

The ‘Let There beryllium Teachers’ Conference is simply a large level for rethinking Nigeria’s acquisition challenges, fostering unity among schoolhouse leaders, policymakers, and partners to observe teachers

, beforehand solutions to learning poverty, beforehand technology-driven teaching, and fortify teacher training. 

The station NAPPS, teachers people Guinness World Record appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.