African countries have been called upon to pay sufficient attention to teachers’ welfare as well as laws and ethical standards to promote quality education on the continent.
Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this while declaring open the 7th Annual Conference of African Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) in Abuja.
Adamu said the Federal Ministry of Education had come up with Ministerial Strategic Plan, which, amongst others, seeks to ensure professionalism in the teaching sector and accord teachers deserved respect and recognition.
He added that the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) had been reinvigorated and was run by a vibrant management and governing council with an understanding of factors that produce attractive teaching and learning.
He stressed that participants should be aware that standards have to be created and maintained to ensure quality, adding that regulatory agencies in the teaching and learning profession in Nigeria, were well positioned to set, review, supervise and maintain the required standards for quality teaching and learning.