Mr Nwankwo Ndukwu, Publicity Secretary, Rivers chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has urged the Federal Government to recruit indigenous language teachers to fill vacancies in Unity Secondary Schools.
Ndukwu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Port Harcourt that many indigenous language teachers in the unity secondary schools had retired, while the few still in the schools were overworked and also on the way out.
“Since the few teachers currently in the school system are fast approaching their retirement age, government should engage more hands, if we are to sustain the teaching of the subjects,” he said.
He, however, said that recruiting the teachers could pose a serious challenge because most tertiary institutions in Nigeria no longer offer academic courses in indigenous languages.
“This is partly caused by the lack of interest to…
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