Govs’ failure to replace retired teachers threatens public secondary education

 

For your information, since 2009 till date, more than 7,000 teachers have retired in Ogun State without replacements. We have advised the government but they are always complaining about funding – Ogun NUT chair

Ada Wodu, John Charles, Adekunle Peter, Bola Bamigbola, Tunji Bosun, Peter Dada, Abiodun Nejo and Sampson Itode

Principals and pupils in public secondary schools in the country have raised the alarm over a shortage of teachers, which they say, is impacting negatively on education delivery. 

The PUNCH’s findings in states including Cross River, Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Benue, Osun and Ekiti states showed that public secondary schools lacked adequate subject teachers, particularly in English Language, Physics, History, Economics, Information and Communication Technology, Mathematics, Commerce, Chemistry, Further Mathematics and Biology.

Government officials in the states, who confided in The PUNCH, cited paucity of funds as one of the reasons for the delay in employing teachers.

But the NUT and some principals noted that the non-replacement of retired teachers and failure to recruit new ones could threaten public secondary education in the country.