A harsh reminder of the dire unemployment situation in Nigeria- a survey carried out by British Council has revealed that most of the Colleges of Education graduates since 2014, are yet to be employed as teachers.
The survey was carried out by Elaine Unterhalter of University College in London.
Elaine presented the report: “Teacher Education, Teachers Practice, Gender and Girls’ Schooling Outcomes: A study in Five Nigerian States’’.
The states the British Council used in the study are Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto, Lagos and Rivers with the support of the MacArthur Foundation
The report read in part: “Six months after completing their education studies, the vast majority of newly qualified teachers from the initial cohort reached in the follow up telephone survey were unemployed.
“A small minority of (16 per cent of sample reached) were working as teachers, while the largest proportion (30 per cent of sample reached) are in Lagos.”
