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FEC approves 65 years retirement age for teachers, okays special allowances

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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Wednesday announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the extension of the retirement age for teachers to 65 years of age or 40 years in service, a great relief for most teachers, whose retirement age was hitherto pegged at 60 years of age or 35 years in service, whichever comes first.

The new Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021 seeks to give legal backing to new measures by the Buhari administration to enhance the teaching profession in the country.

The minister said that some of the highlights of the Harmonized Retirement Age bill which has been forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration and approval include the introduction of bursary award, special rural posting allowances, science teachersā€™ allowance and other measures to boost the performance of the teachers and attract the best brains.

Adamu said the government decided to increase the years as a reward for teachersā€™ dedication to duty and also to attract more people to the profession.

He said:Ā This memo that was approved for the Ministry of Education is a giant step towards what we set out to do last year, with the approval of some special packages for teachers by the President.

ā€œSo, at the meeting today, Council approved that a bill which will be called harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill 2020 be sent to the National Assembly for enactment into law so that all the promises made by the president and all the approvals he had given to me will now begin to be put into effect because this is the legal backing that is required for it.

ā€œThe essence of the bill actually is to give legal backing for the approval of a new retirement age of 65 for teachers and then the service period being extended to 40 years.

ā€œThe intention is to attract the best brains to the teaching profession and for that, the president approved the reintroduction of bursary awards, improving teacher quality, funding teaching practice from TETFUND, the enhanced entry point for teachers.ā€™ā€™

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