The All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) has issued a stern call to federal, state, and local governments to immediately end what it termed “empty praises” of teachers and back rhetoric with substantial investments in welfare, digital training, and school infrastructure.
The resolution was contained in a communiqué released at the conclusion of the 68th Annual National Congress of ANCOPSS, held in Kaduna State. The five-day event focused on the theme, “Leading the Digital Leap, Redefining Quality Education through Technology-driven Assessment and School Management,” gathering secondary school administrators nationwide to evaluate the challenges of technology-driven education.
ANCOPSS leadership criticized the ongoing contradiction in how Nigerian educators are treated. Speaking at the event, ANCOPSS National President, Dr. Robert Ike Okorie, highlighted that society routinely labels teachers as “nation builders” while denying them competitive remuneration, personal computers, internet access, and modern continuous training.
“The society praises teachers with good words… while failing to provide them with fair remunerations, computers, internet access, and training,” the communiqué stated. “Yet, the same system expects them to produce modern students using outdated teaching pedagogies that do not match the fast-moving digital world”.
Major Demands and Issues Highlighted by ANCOPSS include the Infrastructure Deficits: The body noted that digital devices acquired by some schools remain unused because teachers lack technical training, while constant power outages and weak telecommunication networks cripple digital learning, particularly in rural areas.
ANCOPSS called for a comprehensive national digital strategy that prioritizes human capacity, reliable electricity, internet connectivity, cybersecurity, and offline learning tools over mere hardware procurement.
The confederation demanded competitive salaries and improved working conditions to retain talent, warning that modernizing education is impossible without a motivated workforce. Commending Kaduna State for allocating 25 percent of its 2026 budget to education, the body urged all states to adopt similar long-term budgetary commitments rather than relying on short-term projects.
ANCOPSS warned that Nigeria’s efforts to prepare students for emerging fields, such as artificial intelligence, digital finance, and automation will flounder unless government policy shifts from buying equipment to empowering educators.
