Nigerian Educators Target Guinness World Record With 60,000-teacher Conference

School owners, acquisition leaders, and stakeholders successful Nigeria’s acquisition assemblage are preparing for what could go the largest gathering of teachers successful the nation’s history, arsenic plans intensify for the “Let There Be Teachers” Conference.

The event, scheduled for September 20, 2025, astatine Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, aims to bring unneurotic 60,000 teachers, with organisers seeking to acceptable a Guinness World Record (GWR) for the largest teachers’ assembly.

LEADERSHIP reports that Nigeria’s acquisition strategy has agelong struggled with systemic challenges specified arsenic underfunding, inadequate infrastructure, overcrowded classrooms, mediocre remuneration, and constricted grooming opportunities. The upcoming league is being positioned arsenic a turning constituent to code these issues and spotlight the teaching profession’s captious relation successful nationalist development.

Speaking aft a strategical gathering that brought unneurotic members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and different cardinal stakeholders, NAPPS General Secretary, Mr. Luyi Armstrong, described the inaugural arsenic “a landmark moment” for Nigerian educators.

“This is simply a precursor to the lawsuit coming up adjacent Saturday. 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. All teachers are encouraged to attend,” Armstrong said.

Conference convener and acquisition advocate, Oluwaseyi Anifowose, highlighted the nexus betwixt teacher empowerment and the broader maturation of the sector.

“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,” helium stressed.

Co-founder of 1 Million Teachers (1MT), Dr. Hakeem Subair, underscored the cardinal relation teachers play successful shaping society.

“It is clip for nine to wage much attraction to teachers’ issues. Teachers play a singular relation successful shaping nine and gathering harmony,” Subair said.

The strategy league besides featured contributions from salient acquisition experts, including Ronke Posh Adeniyi, Rizma Butt, Rotimi Eyitayo, Rhoda Odigboh, and Prof. Akin Akinpelu, who shared strategies connected innovation, leadership, and sustainability successful schools.

Organisers said the “Let There Be Teachers” Conference volition not lone effort a satellite grounds but besides spotlight pressing issues specified arsenic learning poverty, teacher training, and technology-driven teaching. They adhd that the gathering volition foster stronger partnerships crossed states and beforehand solutions aimed astatine improving learning outcomes for millions of Nigerian children.