Kungiyar malamai ta Nijeriya babbar ƙungiya ce ta kwadago a Nijeriya . An kafa ta ne don samar da hadin kai ga masu aikin koyarwar a kasar. Manyan manufofin kungiyar kwadagon sun hada da: inganta yanayin tattalin arzikin malamai, hanya ce ta fitar da dabaru game da ci gaban ilimin kasar daga mahangar malamai da kuma tsaro na tattalin arziki na gaba ga malamai a kasar. Kungiyar an ƙaddamar da ita bisa ƙa'ida a cikin shekara ta 1931, ta zo ne a wani ɓangare sakamakon rauni da fallasawa ya tarar, wanda ya haifar da yankewa malamai albashi da kuma alama rashin tsaro na aiki. Amfani da ka'idojin ilimin mara tsari da rashin tabbas game da malamai da rage albashi ya haifar da karuwar kungiyoyin malamai da ke cuwa-cuwa a wasu biranen kudancin Najeriya, musamman a Calabar, Lagos, da Abeokuta . Kungiyoyin daban-daban, duk da haka, sun fahimci cewa daidaita manufofin ƙungiyoyi don kawo haɗin kai zai haifar da haɗin kai mai ƙarfi don sha'awar malamai. A ranar 8 ga Yulin shekara ta 1931, kungiyoyin malamai na Legas, Agege, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Calabar da Ijebu-Ode sun hada kai don kafa kungiyar Malaman Makarantu ta Najeriya.