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Rabi'u Sani Ali
Jun, Tue, 2025

NTI mulls 774 study centres

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By Moses Kolo

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) plans to establish study centres in the 774 local government areas in Nigeria.

Its Director/Chief Executive, Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.

She said the study centres would be fully equipped and staffed to enhance its operations, as part of efforts to make its services accessible to Nigerians irrespective of their places of domicile.

“Already, we have state-of-the-art zonal and state centres, and we will leverage on this feat to make the planned LGA centres to succeed,” she said.

According to Sani-Daura, the institute is fully committed to ensuring that Nigerian teachers upgrade their capacities.

”Everybody can update and improve his or her capacity. We are out to ensure that Nigerian teachers achieve this in no distant time.”

This, she said, was extremely imperative so that teachers would not lag behind, and make them to be in tune with extant global trends in teaching and learning.

Sani-Daura highlighted that the world has moved on, leveraging on emerging technologies, new teaching and learning methods, hence teachers in Nigeria must urgently catch up with the world.

She reiterated commitment to transform the NTI into a world-class teacher training institution in line with its statutory mandates.

The director said the institute had commenced the award of Degrees, Post-Graduate Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Education in affiliation with universities like ABU Zaria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, University of Maiduguri and the Nmadi Azikiwe University, among others.

Sani-Daura stressed that education is critical to providing plausible solutions to the problems bedevilling Nigeria.

“Yes, with proper attention given to the education sector at all levels, we will get solutions to all our problems including crimes and criminality.” (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani

NTI to create study centres in 774 LGAs- Director

Ismail Abdulaziz
Jun, Mon, 2025

Education

NTI to create study centres in 774 LGAs- Director

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By Moses Kolo

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) plans to establish study centres in all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, according to its Director and Chief Executive, Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura.

Sani-Daura disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna in a special interview to mark the two years anniversary of President Bola Tinubu.

The director said that these study centres would be fully equipped and adequately staffed so that they can function effectively.

“This move is part of our modest efforts to make NTI easily accessible by all Nigerians no matter their places of domicile.

“Already, we have state-of-the-art zonal and state centres and we will leverage on this feat to make the planned LGA centres succeed.”

According to Sani-Daura, the institute is fully committed to ensuring that all teachers in the country fully upgrade their capacities.

She added: ”Everybody can update and improve his or her capacity. We are out to ensure that all Nigerian teachers achieve this in no distant time.”

This, she said, was extremely imperative so that teachers in Nigeria would not lag behind, saying “this is to make them to be in tune with extant global trends in teaching and learning.

“The world has moved on, leveraging on emerging technologies, new teaching and learning methods, hence teachers in Nigeria must urgently catch up with the world.”

Meanwhile, Sani-Daura has vowed to make NTI the truly world-class teacher training institution that it ought to be in line with its statutory mandates.

To this effect, the director disclosed that it has since commenced the award of Degrees, Post-Graduate Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Education.

According to her, this is being done in affiliation with some Universities like ABU Zaria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, University of Maiduguri and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, among others.

“Education is very critical to providing plausible solutions to practically all the seemingly formidable problems plaguing Nigeria.

“Yes, with proper attention given to the education sector at all levels, we will get solutions to all our problems including crimes and criminality.”(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani

NTI committed to achieving Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda- Director

Ismail Abdulaziz
Jun, Mon, 2025

Education

NTI committed to achieving Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda- Director

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By Moses Kolo

Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura, Director and Chief Executive of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, says it is fully committed to facilitating the achievement of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Sani-Daura disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna as part of the celebration of Tinubu’s two years in office.

According to her, NTI will be diligently playing the critical role expected of it to fully realise the president’s all-important agenda.

She said: “We have a lot to do in achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda and we will never waiver in doing so.

“Instructively, we are now creating the direly needed conducive environment to achieve this noble agenda of Tinubu.”

Sani-Daura further extolled the Federal Government’s commitment to taking Nigeria’s education sector to the next level.

She said that the Federal Ministry of Education was critical to the myriad of successes the institute had achieved.

“Hopefully, NTI will soon bounce back and fully restore its enviable lost past glory.

“We are digitising all our activities so as to be in tune with the current global trends and this is working just as it is bolstering our operations.”

The director, therefore, commended the two Ministers of Education for their uncommon commitment and patriotism, describing them as the key motivators and benefactors of NTI.

Sani-Daura disclosed that the premier institute was partnering with various local and international agencies like the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).

She listed some of NTI’s global collaborators to include JICA and UNICEF, among numerous others.

The director also stated that the institute was robustly partnering with the various state governments in the country.

“We will never relent in the diligent discharge of our mandate, and will continue to train and retrain teachers, with a view to continuously upgrading their capacities,” she said.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani

Teachers’ enrolment in NTI rising – Director

Rabi'u Sani Ali
May, Thu, 2025

Education

Teachers’ enrolment in NTI rising – Director

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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

Rabi'u Sani Ali
May, Thu, 2025

Education

NTI boss hails Tinubu’s education reengineering initiatives

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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