COMPETENCE TEST: ABSENTEE TEACHERS TO FACE SANCTION – OSHIOMHOLE

Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Edo State who fail to submit themselves for the assessment exercise organised by the state government may have their names deleted from the state’s payroll, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.
Speaking yesterday while receiving the report of the exercise from the Teachers’ Assessment Committee led by Prof Dennis Agbonlahor, former vice chancellor, Ambrose Alli University, Governor Oshiomhole said “No teacher will remain on the payroll of Edo State government if we have not assessed him and are convinced that he is indeed a fit and proper person to be entrusted with the classroom or the particular subject which our pupils are asked to learn.
“This for us is not politics; it is to stress the essence of governance and prepare our kids for the future for the inevitable role they have to play.
“Flipping through the report, it is clear that you did a thorough job, painstakingly analysing all the issues like elder statesmen and good educationists in spite of the harassment and subtle threat and you remained focused on the assignment and in the end, you have come out with a report that, I believe, will help us to have greater insight into the challenge of managing an efficient and reliable primary and secondary education.
“Even more importantly, you have ideas of what we have to do with the outcome and you gave a set of options. I believe the innocent children whose future is an issue, their parents and guardians, whose wish is to prepare their children for the future, and our God will reward you for helping to advise on how best we can protect their future.”
Source: Leadership