22/07/2019
*The short about T-first Movement of Nigeria*
T-first as the name implies, it means Teachers should be the first government and community should elevate.
T-first is a movement initiated to stand firmly by teachers, campaign for their impaired rights and to save them from being strangled.
It was established on May 4th, 2019. The movement is not affiliated to any political party or movement or to any religious organization or interest group. It is a think-tank devoted to analysis on how teachers are being strangled in this country Nigeria, and how to make them regain their dignity.
There are so many reasons that led to the creation of this moment;
Firstly, In Nigeria teaching profession is under siege. Because today, if you go to primary and secondary schools for example. Ask them "what do you want to be in future?" They'll be replying, I want to be a Doctor, Lawyer, Journalist, Politician et cetera. Barely to get two or three pupils or students in a class of forty-five students with the ambition to become teachers. I once tried it and I found it exactly. Frankly speaking, the negligence of government towards teaching profession begets this problem.
Secondly, Teaching profession is being strangled in this country. As it stated in the front page on the EFA global monitoring report by the director general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. It says "Many governments have increased spending but few have patronized education in national budget... ", And it lead to the destruction of education.
In nutshell, Historically speaking from 1999. Nigeria's Budgetary allocation policy to education didn't reach 15-20% as recommended by the UNESCO. It usually falls in the range of 4-10%.
Thirdly, Now in Nigeria, schools are struggling to find enough teachers to cover growing enrollment. Critics say that the FG have ignored the problem for far long ago. Experts say that a cut back in funding for teachers have contributed to the problem. In Nigeria, such shortfall is already hitting har