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  • Ondo gov’t gives nod for primary school teachers’ promotion

    Ondo gov’t gives nod for primary school teachers’ promotion

    The Ondo State Government has approved the promotion of serving primary school teachers in the state.

    By this approval, those concerned can now reach the status of Permanent Secretaries like their counterparts in the civil servants.

    Disclosing this during his interactive meeting with the head – teachers across the three senatorial districts of the state in Akure, the state capital, the Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, re-emphasised the government’s genuine intention to create a conducive atmosphere for teaching.

    He commended Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for providing the UBEC counterpart funds which had hitherto been neglected for about five years, paving way for the massive reconstruction of schools, renovations as well as provision of furniture items.

    The chairman however frowned at the “dwindling population of pupils in public schools despite the government efforts,”
    but “Ondo State Government will not relent in its efforts at upgrading school standard as well as its personnel.”

    Olabimtan used the opportunity to distribute promotion letters to 2,111 teachers, out of which about 85 of them were upgraded to level-16 (PS status).

    The SUBEB chairman also condemned in strong terms, the attitude of some teachers taking their biological children to private schools and ruled that it had become an offence for any public school teacher to take their wards to private schools.

    “The teachers will henceforth be held responsible for any drop in primary schools’ enrolment,” he told the Head Teachers.

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    Olabimtan also tasked the Education Secretary in the 18 Local Government Areas of the state “not to hesitate at reporting any teacher found wanting in their duty post for possible sanction.”

    The state Chairman of the Parents Teachers Association, Alhaji Abimbola Omoloja, who reacted to the development, commended the governor for showing interest in lifting education from foundation.

    Alhaji Omoloja solicited for the return of extra curricular activities to schools to enable pupils learn beyond what is contained in their academic curriculum.

    Selected head teachers at the meeting who granted interviews to TheNewsGuru expressed joy at the news, noting it would go a long way to encourage them to redouble their efforts towards public service.

    They described education as the best legacy any society could bequeath future generations.

  • Niger uncovers 2,286 primary school teachers with fake certificates

    Niger uncovers 2,286 primary school teachers with fake certificates

    The 2020 Staff Audit Committee constituted by the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), on Monday said that no fewer than 2,286 primary school teachers were using questionable certificates.
    Alhaji Ayuba Katako, Central Chairman of the Committee, made this known during the presentation of the 2020 Staff Audit report to the board’s management of NSUBEB in Minna.
    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the board’s management had in June set up a six-man committee to audit both teaching and non-teaching staff members of NSUBEB across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state.
    Katako said that there were 28,058 staff in the primary schools across the state, adding that 26,00 7 of them were screened, out of which 23,721 were cleared and fit to work with SUBEB.
    He noted that 2,286 of these primary school teachers were using questionable certificates as some of them could not read and write.
    “When they heard that screening was going on they just came to clear themselves and they are on the payroll.
    “Some of them went to roadside business centres to print out certificates and we could not ascertain their authenticity,” he said.
    He disclosed that most of these certificates were reading National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna and did not resemble the actual certificates issued by NTI.
    Katako, however, noted that the committee also discovered pending promotion of teachers, and in Zone A, teachers with PhD were the ones teaching in classrooms while those with Masters were the ones in the office.
    Responding, Dr Adamu Isah, the state Chairman of SUBEB, commended the committee for conducting the exercise effectively, and said that the board would follow due diligence of civil service rules to take decision on those found wanting.
    He added that any teacher who could neither write nor read would be disengaged as teachers and engaged in another field.
    “These people will be engaged as cleaners, nannies and some at local government offices in accordance with their capacities,” he said.
    Isah noted that they would get in touch with the institutions issuing those certificates to confirm their authenticity and anyone whose certificate was not authentic would have the appointment terminated.
    He, however, gave assurance that the report of the committee would be implemented.
    Also, Alhaji Kabiru Abbas, Board Member II, commended the committee and said that the report “brings an end to all allegations and insinuations from the public”.