An educational consultant, Mr. Augustine Fayemi, has attributed the poor learning outcome of pupils in the country to lack of quality training for teachers and work ethics.
This is contained in a statement issued after a seminar, with the theme, “Professionalism and Work ethics: Qualities of a Good Teacher,” organised by the Edu-Fun Consultants, in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Thursday.
Fayemi noted that most teachers had refused to update their academic capacity over the years.
He said it became imperative for Edu-Fun to move to Osun State as a way to contribute to the development of education, having got his primary and secondary education in the state.
“The quality of education I had in Ile-Ife, Osun State, could not be compared with what the present crop of pupils now get.
“Things have gone very bad. This informed my decision to organise training programme for teachers in the area.”
According to him, method of teaching is changing daily across the world and it is better that the country begins to move with rest of the world through training and retraining of its teachers.
“There is the need for professionalism. We need to let our government and private school owners understand that not just anybody can enter the classroom to teach. A teacher must be ready to learn the rudimentary of teaching and work ethics, without which the pupils will suffer,” he said.
Commenting one of the participants, Head of School, Fadehan International School Eleyele Ile Ife, Aunty Margaret Fadehan, described the seminar as a timely and educative.
