The Nigerian Union of Teachers has called on the Federal Government to review teacher’s retirement age in the country to 65 years.

The NUT President, Mr Muhammed Idris, stated this in Abuja on Thursday at a news conference to mark the 2018 World Teachers’ Day, calling for a review from the present 60 years.

The theme of the conference was, “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher.”

The NUT president, who noted that it was important retain qualified and experienced teachers in the system, called for an urgent review of retiring teachers annually without providing corresponding recruitments to fill the vacant positions.