THE TEACHER EDUCATION AS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR NATIONAL UNITY IN NIGERIA

Korode, Abba Gana Kolo

Foundation and Administration

Federal College of Education, Yola

Email: abbaganak@gmail.com 

Abstract: The paper examined, who is a teacher and what he / she does. It also sees teaching as more than any other profession because it touches life of practically every citizen either as students, parents, guardians or administrators and planners. To treat teachers and teaching profession with levity is a danger to national unity. A Poorly prepared or educated and unsure teacher will likely produce poor doctors, engineers, fellow teachers and the like. The service of teachers are indispensable to the national unity, for they are more than any others professional group that influence the lives of the Nigerian youth and therefore the nation’s future leaders. It further submitted that it is the responsibility of all Nigerians irrespective of belief, values, cultural background and other differences to work together to ensure that good teachers are made available  for the unity of this great nation called Nigeria.