President Muhammadu Buhari has increased the number of years of teachers from 35 to 40 and approved a special salary scale for them, Vanguard reports.
The education minister, Adamu Adamu, who represented President Buhari, said the implementation of the new salary scheme is to encourage teachers in delivering quality education.
Meanwhile, the World Teachers’ Day, which has been held annually on October 5 since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.
According to UNESCO, this Recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.
“The Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel was adopted in 1997 to complement the 1966 Recommendation by covering teaching and research personnel in higher education,” the organisation says.
The World Teachers’ Day is co-convened every year by UNESCO, UNICEF, the International Labour Organization and Education International.
This year, UNESCO says, the World Teachers’ Day is celebrating teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”
The World Teachers’ Day Opening Ceremony and UNESCO-Hamdan Prize Awards Ceremony is holding today, October 5, while the closing ceremony will hold on 12 October. A series of national, regional and global events have also been scheduled throughout the week, UNESCO said.