Following a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr Muhammad Nasir Idris, President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the Federal Government would engage more qualified teachers to increase the teacher to pupil ratio in the country.
According to a statement by the President's media aide, Femi Adesina revealed that the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers led by the union’s national president, Nasir Idris has created a dedicated platform under the National Social Investment Programme called N-Power Teach, which engages qualified graduates to man the gaps of basic education delivery in Nigeria.
He noted that the aim of the programme and many other government programmes is to increase the teacher-student ratio at the primary school level thereby enhancing the quality of students moving to secondary schools.
