Oshiomhole - Begins Plan To Weed Out Unqualified Teachers

Oshiomhole - Begins Plan To Weed
Out Unqualified Teachers
Adams Oshiomhole Begins Plan To Weed Out
Unqualified Teachers...
Adams Oshiomhole in his statement Said (he would
rather lose his job than “keep it and fail to use it to
secure the future”.)
While commending the Union of teachers in Edo
State for protecting its interests and supporting
him during the elections that made him governor.
“Edo State government will not retain in its
employment, anyone whose suitability in a
classroom has not been ascertained,” he warned.
This is coming after majority of the teachers in the
State failed to turn up at the assessment test
conducted to determine the training needs of the
teachers. Oshiomhole further promised to forge
ahead in his quest for better education for Edo
students as “leadership requires courage to do
what you are convinced about particularly when it
is informed by the good of the people”.
Appearing on Sunrise, Oshiomhole explained that
the test was in a bid to assess the teachers and
determine what kind of training they would need to
be able to deliver their best. However, “the unions
have made it a big issue”, he noted.
He stressed that the educational foundation laid for
Nigerian students will determine the future of the
nation, adding that even “the poorest of the poor
must have at least a sound basic education, which
in Nigeria we call Universal Basic Education.”
He explained that the reason why his
administration grants free education for students
up to the secondary level is to give the foundation
to build their lives on.
He complained of the State’s inability to boast of its
teachers despite the investments made in building
schools and ensuring that children have access to
education at no cost. According to the governor, a
student had complained of teacher’s absence
during school hours, while he was on a visit to one
of the schools in the State.
Teachers had been absent from classes on the
average of two out of five days while many did not
resume at the specified time.
Despite his stern warning to the teachers,
Oshiomohle expressed hope that those unwilling to
take the assessment test would change their
minds after seeing how those who did are treated.
“Some people have done the test. We are waiting
to see the results. By the way we treat them; I
hope others would recognise that this whole thing
is not about punishment.”