* Okays engagement of ‘PTA teachers’
The Federal government has given the assurance of providing adequate security for the 110 Unity Colleges across the country.
The Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, who gave the assurance on Thursday at the Federal Government College, Otobi in Benue State, said the safety of Nigerian children is a topmost priority to the government of President Mohammadu Buhari.
The minister, who spoke through the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Arc Sonny Echono during the unveling ceremony of critical projects at the college, stated that the Federal government will leave no stone unturned in its efforts to ensure the safe recovery of the remaining abducted children of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State.
Adamu assured that the Federal government is putting in place greater security measures including a complex and sophisticated communication architecture that will make it impossible for bandits and other criminal elements to operate around schools.
He said the efforts are to safeguard all unity colleges, as well as prevent a recurrence of the Yauri saga.
The minister also announced that the Federal government has approved the full engagement of teachers employed by the Parent Teachers Associations aka PTA teachers – across unity colleges. Adamu Adamu gave indications that the ministry has already begun the process that will lead to the regularization of the appointments of this category of teachers.
However, those to be engaged, the minister clarified, are only qualified teachers with the new entry requirements for the teaching profession in Nigeria.
Highlights of the occasion included the unveiling of a 3000 capacity assembly hall, two blocks of classrooms, an ultra modern staff room, a ring road within the school premises, a drainage system, science laboratories, solar street lights, renovated hostels, a guest house and a sports complex among others.
– Agency Report