Why schools must hire qualified teachers, by Nigerian Turkish College Boss

Why schools must hire qualified teachers, by Nigerian Turkish College boss

To stem the falling standard of education, particularly in secondary schools, employers must ensure that qualified teachers are engaged in secondary schools across the nation.
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC), Mr. Mehmet Basturk, stated this in Abuja, while receiving the Best Mathematics Award from the National Mathematical Centre.
Basturk, who received the Mathematics and other science awards on behalf of the NTIC, attributed the superlative performance of the NTIC students to the engagement of qualified teachers by the colleges.

Basturk said the NTIC always ensured the recruitment of qualified teachers, adding “its management usually undertakes training and retraining of teachers for optimum performance.”
He restated the commitment of the school to improving on the excellent performance by its products at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
The NTIC was honoured by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) for winning no fewer than 12 awards in national and international Mathematics and Science Olympiads.
At the award ceremony in Abuja, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Mathematical Centre, Prof Adewale Solarin, expressed satisfaction with the quality system put in place in all NTIC schools which  has seen the students winning laurels.
Prof. Solarin said: “I am very impressed with the kind of system the NTIC has in place, so I am not surprised that we have to celebrate their achievements”.

He commended the partnership between Mathematical Centre and the NTIC, saying that the symbiotic collaboration has led to enormous gains in stimulating students’ interest in Mathematics.
Solarin continued: “The NTIC has been a formidable partner of the NMC. If we want to look at the achievements we have made so far in international competitions, starting from the Pan-Africa Olympiad, the NTIC  contributed significantly to the number of medals we have.
“If we look at the international Mathematics Olympiads and Physics Olympiads which we had six medals so far, five of the medals can be associated to the NTIC.
“At the national level, in every state that the NTIC has a school, it is always on the fore front of the award. Usually, we give plaques to first three positions and the  best schools, and in those states, the NTIC is always on the top”.
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, while presenting the awards, described the performance of the NTIC students as wonderful and commended the school for its numerous achievements in Mathematics and the sciences.
The minister, who was represented by the Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the Ministry, Mr. Chike Uwazuoke, said the emergence of NTIC  as one of the best schools in Nigeria in the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in the 2013 and 2014 showed that the school’s excellent performance in Olympiads is not a fluke.
“This is a school (NTIC) that has made so much mark in Mathematics and Sciences. I am the Chairman of WAEC board in Nigeria. Last December at Minna, the usual practice whenever we have our annual meetings is to reward schools that did very well in School Certificate Examinations. The NTIC was among the best three schools in Nigeria for WAEC in 2013 or 2014”, the Minister said.