Teacher Education: Regenerating Education for Poverty Eradication, Self- Reliance and National Development

Abstract

Education is a complete development of the individual socially, economically, emotionally, psychologically and politically to be able to fit into the society where he or she lives. Teacher education is therefore, seen as that aspect of education which equips the teachers and would be-teachers with the necessary skills in preparation toward the teaching profession. Education and national development are inextricably tied together through concerned efforts of the teachers. Since no nation is static, and teachers are the agents of change, then there is need for teachers to upgrade their knowledge in order to fit into the ever-changing society. Hence, there is an urgent need for government to adequately fund the teacher education institutions which are catalyst for national development. It was recommended among other things that government should re-introduce the phased out teachers' colleges, entry requirement should be as strict as that of other professional bodies like medicine, pharmacy, law and all stakeholders should embrace the importance of teacher education whole heartedly in order to encourage the young ones to decide for the profession positively.