Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has ordered that master’s degree would henceforth be the minimum academic qualification for anyone wishing to teach in the state’s secondary schools.
The who made this known during a dinner with journalists in Jalingo on January 7 said the minimum academic qualification for teachers in primary school will be a university first degree.
The Governor stressed that the current era when the National Certificate of Education, NCE, is the minimum academic qualification for primary school teachers will soon be over.
Governor Kefas added that the study of History as a subject would be reintroduced in the basic education curriculum starting from primary schools in the state.
In his words:
“We are going to reintroduce History studies in our primary and secondary schools in the state to lay a solid foundation for accelerated development.
“In no distant time, primary school teachers in the state must be first degree holders while secondary school teachers must have a minimum of master’s degree to enhance the state’s education quality.
“This is the main reason we have slashed the school fees for undergraduates in the state university. We must secure a good future for our children. Our free education policy is not a joke and anybody who stands on the way to achieving this will be crushed.”
The Taraba State Chief Executive charged journalists to monitor the implementation of the state government’s free education policy in primary and secondary schools to ensure that all the school administrators were doing the right thing.
