World Teachers’ Day: Federal Government Pledges Better Welfare, Support

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its committedness to improving the payment and designation of teachers crossed Nigeria arsenic the federation joined the planetary assemblage to people the 2025 World Teachers’ Day.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, alongside the Minister of State for Education, stated this connected Monday during a symposium up of the World Teachers Day solemnisation connected Sunday.

The taxable for the 2025 solemnisation is “Recasting Teaching arsenic a Collaborative Profession.”

World Teachers’ Day is celebrated globally each October 5 to honour teachers and recognise their captious contributions to acquisition and society.

The time was archetypal proclaimed successful 1994 by UNESCO, successful collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Education International (EI), and UNICEF, pursuing the 1966 ILO/UNESCO proposal concerning the presumption of Teachers.

Speaking, the Minister described teachers arsenic the custodians of knowledge, the builders of character, and the architects of nationalist future.

He hailed teachers arsenic the instauration of each profession, stressing that their sacrifices support the state alive. “Honestly, you person the astir important and the champion assemblage successful the country. Who makes a doctor? Who makes an engineer? Who makes a professor? It is the teacher. That is wherefore authorities is moving assiduously to travel up with amended packages for you. Light is astatine the extremity of the tunnel.

“For excessively long, teaching has often been practiced successful isolation. But erstwhile teachers collaborate, students are the eventual beneficiaries. They person richer, much engaging acquisition and witnesser firsthand the powerfulness of teamwork and shared responsibility,” helium stated.

He further assured teachers that the authorities was determined to supply the recognition, training, and enactment they needed to thrive. “When you privation the highest prime of education, what bash you need? A high-quality teacher. And erstwhile you privation a high-quality teacher, what should you do? Give them the recognition, the support, the training, and the practice that they need,” helium added.

The Minister commended teachers for producing world-class graduates who proceed to excel globally. “Anywhere successful the world, erstwhile they accidental a Nigerian pupil becomes a professional, they bash truthful well. That’s the output of your work. We cognize we can’t wage you enough, but beryllium arrogant of yourselves. On behalf of the President, I commend you for your sacrifices, your diligence, and your committedness to gathering our nation,” he added.