Revealed! 272 Teachers Killed By Boko Haram

Nigeria Union of Teachers president, Micheal Olukoya

272  Teachers have been killed by Boko Haram group since the insurgents began its onslaught in the north east region, while over 19,000 teachers have been displaced, president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Micheal Olukoya has said.

According to a report by The Nation, Olukoya further revealed that 37 teachers have been confirmed dead following the Tuesday’s bomb blast in Sabon-Gari, Zaria in Kaduna State, while several other teachers who were victims of the latest bomb blast are currently in critical condition in different hospitals in the states.

Olukoya stated this in Abuja at a programme commemorating the NUT founders day adding that the renewed daily attacks by the sect was indicative that the war against insurgency in the country was far from over.

He argued that retirement age of University lecturers and judges was recently shored up from 65 to 70 years because of the assumption that they tend to perform better having garnered enough experience in the course of service.

“The older the teacher, the more caring and tolerant he is to the students with improved dexterity in the pedagogy of teaching acquired over time.

“It is for this and other similar reasons that the retirement age of lecturers and professors in the tertiary institutions was extended to 65 and 70years respectively, while that of judges was also increased to 70 years.

“We therefore wish to restate our demand that the retirement age of primary and secondary school teachers in the country be raised from 60 to 65 years, “he stated.

The NUT President urged Buhari’s government to come up with development programmes on critical sectors of education and call for a need to review of retirement age of teachers from 60 to 65 by the present administration.

It would be recalled that another blast occurred on Tuesday at Sabon-Gari Local Government Secretariat, while civil servants in the state presented themselves for verification as earlier directed by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.