Teachers’ enrolment in NTI rising – Director
By Moses Kolo
Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura, Director/Chief Executive of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, says the recent innovations at the institute accounted for the rising enrollment of teachers.
Sani-Daura said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the institute’s headquarters in Kaduna.
She recalled that before her assumption of office in November 2024, the institute’s moribund server of about 40 years had collapsed.
“When I came in, our exams processing server was grounded and because of that, for about three semesters, results had not been released and this caused agitations by beneficiaries some of who took us to court.
“The server was about 40 years old, so naturally it has seen better days so it failed but thank God we have now replaced it with a cloud-based server.
“We revived it and migrated the data in it so that we have now retrieved the information in it and it is now being processed and settled all the grievances as well as court cases now history.
“The earlier problem led to the declining of our students enrollment but now it is rising as we have also released a bag log of certificates.
“Hopefully, we are making a comeback in a very strategic way and assuming our position, playing the critical role expected from us as part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda,” she said.
Sani-Daura said the feat helped to end delays in the issuance of certificates to qualified teachers in the country.
She said upon her assumption, the institute had among other achievements, installed solar systems at the Directorate and Liaison Office in Abuja as the first phase of its solar installation.
“In NTI, with the critical need for constant power supply, we needed a backup because of the challenge of energy.
“Also is the realigning roles and responsibilities through the restructuring of the institute’s organogram which had to be a little bit modified so that it is all set transparency and accountability.
“We equally inaugurated a standing committee for quality service delivery, among others.”(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani