balewa completed his five-year education in 1933 and returned to bauchi to teach at bauchi middle school. he taught at the school and rose to become a senior schoolmaster. in 1941, he became acquainted with a young aminu kano, who was posted to the school as a teacher. after a student unrest, investigations into student grievances indicted the headmaster, and in 1941 balewa was nominated as the new headmaster.