President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for teachers across the country.
The approval coincided with the commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5.
The president also increased the number of years of service from 35 to 40.
Buhari stated these on Monday in Abuja during the celebration of the 2020 World Teachers Day.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who represented Buhari, said the new salary scheme is to motivate teachers for greater productivity and effectiveness.
Nigerian teachers are gathered in Abuja to commemorate the 2020 world teachers day.
World Teachers Day was first held on October 5th, 1994, and the day is now set aside to mark the progress and promotion of the teaching profession.
The Day also commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organisation/UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of teachers.
About 774 teachers are to benefit from the President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Award as part of the World Teachers Day Celebration.
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