Universal Basic Education, UBEC, in Adamawa State has declared that 6,000 teachers in the state are not qualified.
It also said that about 11, 000 Almajiris have been identified that would soon be integrated into the newly introduced federal government basic education programme for Almajiris in the country.
The State UBEC chairman, Mr. Halilu Hamman made this known in Yola, explaining that the programme is aimed at ridding the streets of Almajiris as well as providing them with basic education, saying that the teaching curriculum for the new programme would soon be submitted to the state office by the federal government.
On the level of qualified teachers in the state, Hamman disclosed that about 6,000 teachers working in Adamawa State are yet to meet the minimum teaching requirements.
He, however, said arrangements had been concluded for affected persons to upgrade themselves to the required standard at the Federal University, Yola.
Towards achieving its set goals, Hamman disclosed that UBEC in Adamawa State had embarked on sensitisation campaigns in every part of the state.
He further admitted that two of the five Almajiri schools established by the federal government in the state have been completed while others have attained 75 percent completion.
The gesture, according to him, would also provide gainful employment to qualified teachers in the state.
The chairman, who declined comments on the total cost of the programme, however said government would provide basic necessities like feeding and other instructional materials to ensure the success of the exercise.
He observed that since assumption of office, the Adamawa State government had continued to give priority attention to the development of the education sector.