Teachers' Voice – Nigeria - VSO

MOTIVATING FACTORS continued• Correct work from pupils• Earning a good salary each month• Promotion on time• Receiving salary on time and throughthe bank• Helping pupils learn• Performance of children• Knowing children’s names• Having good teaching aidsand materials• Achieving learning objectives• Students writing well• Allowances for medical, house,transport and leave• Workshops: specialised workshops onsubject areas; workshops to enhanceteaching; and workshops on usingteaching aids and teaching materials.• Good school structure andenvironment: good classrooms,buildings; fencing; adequate number ofclassrooms; one grade per classroom;adequate furniture including seats,tables, teachers’ table and chairs.• Good class size: maximum 35 pupilsper class• Support from society• Teachers’ advice taken seriously• Well furnished classroom• Qualified teachers and orientation• Supervised regularly• Government concern for welfareof teachers• In-service training• Provisions of library and computers• Constant visits from parent to school• Availability of soft loans for teachers• Community recognises teachers• Children have textbooks• Capacity building• Selecting trained teachers• Good parental involvement• Advantage of time off for domestic duty• Job satisfaction• Certainty of job/widows’ pension• Long service award• Association with higher classDEMOTIVATING FACTORS continued• Salary rise subjected to federal schoolsand it should be universal to all states• Lack of allowances – medical,transport, leave and research• Lack of inspections and monitoring bythe federal state to see if policies havecome into play• Curriculum changed every one or two years• No motivation• Inter-state transfer• Lack of organisation• Teachers need to know where theybelong – federal, state or local• Problems with teacher pension board• Federal government neglects teachers• No special salary scale• Poor working conditions• Poor implementation of educationalpolicy eg universal basic education• Unstable education policy• No special NTI workshop on special needs• No special syllabus and curriculumdetermined for the benefit of pupilswith special needs• Teachers are not involved in making ofeducation policy• Constant change of education ministry• Too much corruptionState• Unfair promotions, lack of promotionand poor implementation of promotions• Delayed pay of monthly salary• No teachers’ and children’s toilets• Lack of workshops and seminars• Poor and dilapidated buildingsand classrooms• Unqualified teachers• Lack of conducive learning environment• Over-crowded and over-populatedclassrooms• Inadequate classroom furniture• No in-service opportunities• Unfair selection of people forworkshops or seminars: if theyknow someone• Discrimination against non-indigenouspeople in terms of work• Frequent change of curriculum• Lack of teachers• Materials appropriate to curriculum• Roads to school provided• Classrooms are congested and lack seats• Lack of accommodation• Schools need to have the funds to carryout their function• Lack of state interest50