Candidates who score 300 in UTME should be made to study education and become teachers, not medicine – NUT president
Candidates who score 300 in UTME should be made to study education and become teachers, not medicine – NUT president The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) President, Comrade Audu Mba, has said that the brightest candidates ought to study education and technology for Nigeria to get things right. He said the Federal Government should make those who score 300 in an exam like the UTME to become teachers instead of doctors. This is as he urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise teacher’s values and welfare to make the profession more attractive for younger generation. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, he urged the government to make teacher a model and recognise the teaching profession as a pillar of societal advancement. lucrative, but even more challenging. “But today in Nigeria, parents don’t even encourage their children to go into teaching profession, even the students themselves. “Go to classrooms, just ask little children in primary school, who wants to be ...