World Teachers’ Day: Osun NUT Calls For Recruitment Of Teachers In Public Schools

By Ayobami Agboola, OSOGBO

Osun state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has called on the state government to put in place necessary arrangements for the recruitment of teaching personnels in public primary and secondary schools in the state.

The state Chairman of the Union, Comrade Wakeel Amudah made this call on Monday during a programme organised to commemorate this year World’s Teachers Day.

CityMirrorNews recalls that the state government had about seven months ago announced the approval of recruitment of over 2500 additional teachers in classrooms across the state.

Speaking during the celebration with the theme , “Teachers : Leading In Crisis, Reimagining The Future”, Amudah said the recruitment became necessary for effective teaching and learning delivery.

According to Amudah, part of their requests from the state government this year includes, recruitment of young and qualified teachers to fill the existing vacancies in the schools across the state

The NUT Chairman also enjoined the state government to reconsider the remaining teachers with condonation and merging of break of service to enable them to enjoy the benefit earlier given to them by the state government.

He further stated: “Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s led administration in the state should attend to the payment of rural allowances to teachers in rural areas of the state to serve as motivational pill that will enable them remain at their work post.

“Payment of grants to school head (Principal and Head Teachers) as well as retention of the positions of Tutor-General / Permanent Secretary, Head Teachers, Headmaster-General / Permanent Secretary exclusively for teachers among others” Comrade Amudah added.

Describing Governor Gboyega Oyetola as teachers friendly said that if teachers properly remunerated and promptly paid, they would be motivated to give their best toward nation building.

I want to appeal to our amiable Governor to ensure that teachers are well remunerated so as to enable them to offer quality and effective Services

Meanwhile, the State Secretary of the union, Comrade Salami Olukayode, emphasized the need for government to ensure that only qualified Teachers were employed

Olukayode noted that the only way to encourage the teachers and improve their status was by ensuring that no teacher is owed salary for the work they have done well while government should also give special treatment to them in order to make the profession more attractive.

It would be recalled that the World Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually on October 5th to appreciate, assess and improve the education of the world and to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.

The day has also been set aside by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), to celebrate and remind the global community the importance of teachers to nation’s development.