The education sector in Nigeria is one that is never out of talking points, it appears. One type of argument that seems to come and go is about who qualifies to grace a classroom.

There is a school of thought that holds that a teacher should be someone trained originally for the purpose. Holders of this line of reasoning believe that the ideal teacher must have read several books on the art and science of delivering instruction.

Another school of thought feels that desire and drive carries just about the same weight as specific certification.

What the defenders of the either of the foregoing lines of thought may have overlooked is that, like every other profession, what teaching really needs is the best of minds in the land.

It matters that we come to understand how people become valuable.