The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Hamid Bobboyi, said the country has lost over 30 per cent of its teaching workforce in the past three (3) years without replacement
Bobboyi, who made this known during a six-day training organized by the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in collaboration with the commission for 30 School Support Officers, SSOs, on SMASE and Jolly Phonics in Kano, described the situation as frightening.
He said some of the teachers retired while others left the service without being replaced.
The UBEC Executive Secretary, however, commended the Kano State government for its proactive measures to recruit additional teachers and replace the retired teachers in the state while calling on other states to emulate the government.
According to him, “Nationwide, in the last 3 years, particularly beginning with the period of COVID-19, we have lost over 30 per cent of our teaching workforce. And it is very frightening. A lot of them retired, while some of them left the service without been replaced.
“So for Kano to be taking proactive measures in that regard is something that pleases me immensely. And I hope and pray other states should also learn from Kano and make sure that it can also take serious measures,” he said.
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