NTI boss hails Tinubu’s education reengineering initiatives
By Moses Kolo
Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura, Director and Chief Executive, National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, has commended President Bola Tinubu for reengineering the education sector in the country.
The Tinubu administration has introduced sound programmes to advance professionalism in teacher training under its Renewed Hope Agenda.
Sani-Daura said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the NTI headquarters in Kaduna.
She said that the institute had witnessed remarkable strides with the support of the Federal Education of Ministry, which was adding positive value to the education sector in the country.
“We are lucky to have a Minister and a State Minister, a duo of very active and committed ministers, who are overseeing to ensuring excellence.
“My position as the Director/Chief Executive of NTI to me, is to contribute my quota to the development of education, which I feel is key to addressing most of our problems as a nation.
“The NTI has the support of the Federal Ministry of Education, and is puting all necessary machinery in place to achieving it’s desired goals.
“We are being carried along with the ministry and that is all we want. To be given the chance to perform our duties.
“Bear in mind that the NTI is national but we also partner with states to provide teacher training needed through our zonal offices,” she said.
According to Sani-Daura, NTI is also creating study centres in all the 774 local government areas of the federation, saying, so that we can be accessible for easy coordination.
The director said the NTI in the next five to 10 years would be the leader in teacher training, a world class teacher training institute.
“In Nigeria, we want to be a regulatory body that monitors what happens both in the private and public sectors with respect to teacher training.
“NTI in its Act, is mandated to train teachers at all levels and this entails from primary to tertiary levels in Nigeria,” she said.
Sani-Daura said that NTI had the potentials to expand training to undeserved communities through the use of technologies.
She said institute had established an ICT department and tallied its organogram in tandem with the global realities in teacher education.
“NTI can train and develop the capacity of more teachers in the country.
“There is population growth and this goes hand-in-hand with the demand, therefore, we want to cover the boost in population.
“It can also contribute to the development of effective curricular in all levels of education development and that is our mandate.” (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani
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