of Bauchi State says the only Primary and Junior Secondary School in the community with a student population of 350, has only three teachers.
One of the community members, Isa Ibrahim, said that the dearth of teachers in the school had also discouraged many parents from sending their children to school. He disclosed that out of the three blocks of six classrooms in the school, only two are in good condition. “This makes them not to attend classes on time. And even if they go, they are always tired from the rigour of fetching water,” he said.
“We have one teacher who doubles as the headteacher with more than 200 pupils in the primary school and 150 JSS students. Mr Mohammed however said Governor Bala Mohammed had pledged to recruit more teachers to address the dearth of teachers in the state.He assured that the recruitment of teachers by the state government was imminent, adding that the governor was very committed to the pledge.