STRUCTURAL APPROACH FOR IMPROVING TEACHERS’ EDUCATION STANDARD IN NIGERIA

In recent time, Nigeria had witnessed unprecedented upsurge demand for education; the demand led to high students’ population explosion at different levels of Nigeria educational system. Nigeria, therefore being the giant of Africa needs quality and standard education that will make the country ranked high among the development nations of the world. For this reason there is the need to restructure and reorganize teachers’ educational programme in order to cater for societal demands for education. This paper however examined the structural approach towards enhanced standard teachers’ education programme. It focused on the past and present structure of teachers’ education programme, the strength and weaknesses. The paper also makes structural approach recommendations to enable Nigeria to be in the world class standard in teachers’ education programme and to achieve Nigerian educational goals. Implementation strategies was also suggested towards enhancing quality assurance and standard in Nigerian teachers’ education programme. It was finally concluded that effective structural approach should be accorded for Nigerian teachers’ education, in the interest of enhancing quality in teachers education programme in Nigeria.