Mathematics Boss Wants Enough Incentives For Teachers

The Director/Chief Executive, National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Prof Stephen Onah, has called on the three tiers of government to provide incentives for mathematics teachers to encourage teaching and learning of the subject.
Onah made the call in an interview with The Tide’s source during the closing ceremony of a foundation postgraduate course on Statistical Inference at Sheda in Kwali Area Council.
According to him, poor teaching methodology and inadequate incentive schemes for teachers are some of the major factors hampering mathematics education in the country.
“The state of mathematics in the country generally is still going through development, but has not reached its destination.
“The problem largely is from the grassroots, particularly from the level of secondary school and we need to improve on that level.
“We need to have the correct calibre of teaching staff, particularly in mathematics because it is very vital to other areas of learning.