News Investigators/ Haladu Tanko, the Headteacher of Ungogo Special Primary School in Ungogo local government area of Kano State, has revealed that the school currently has only 15 teachers for 2,943 pupils.
Mr Tanko revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ungogo local government area.
The headteacher said the disparity between the number of pupils and available staff had affected the quality of education.
He lamented that the overwhelming student population made it difficult for teachers to provide individual attention to each pupil.
Mr Tanko appealed to the state government and relevant authorities to address the staffing shortage, stressing that an increase in the number of teachers would significantly improve learning outcomes and ease the burden on the existing staff.
“The situation is becoming unbearable for both teachers and pupils. The current number of teachers is insufficient to handle the large number of students, and it is negatively impacting academic performance,” he said.
The head boy of the school, Nura Yusuf and the head girl, Jamila Suleiman also expressed concern, calling for urgent intervention to improve the teaching staff ratio.
Similarly, the Headmaster of Yelwa primary school, Dala local government area, Umar Aliyu, also lamented that the school had just 31 teachers for the 1,164 pupils.
Mr Aliyu further urged the state government to provide more toilets, employ additional teachers and train the existing ones.
He also appealed for enhanced security in schools to curb the ongoing thefts and vandalism in the school.
Auwal Abubakar, Headmaster of Sabon Layi primary school, further corroborated his colleagues calling for the employment of more teachers as the school had just 39 teachers for the 1,764 pupils.
Th headteacher of Hotoro South special primary school, Malam Habibu Sani, also said that the school had only 30 teachers for the whole 1,432 pupils.
“We need more qualified teachers to handle the large number of pupils,” he said.
NAN
