Ajimobi approves outstanding promotion of teachers
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the outstanding promotion of teachers in all the public primary and secondary schools in the state.
The State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr. Kolawole Kayode, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen shortly after a meeting with the governor at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan on Tuesday.
According to the NUT Chairman, the teachers’ promotion for 2010 and 2011 will take effect from September 1, 2014, stressing that promotion letters for the affected teaches will be issued to them immediately.
He said that the governor had given a directive to the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to ensure speedy implementation of the promotion exercise.
Mr. Kayode also disclosed that the state government had also approved carrier elongation for primary school teachers with additional degree qualification alongside the National Certificate in Education (NCE) from Grade Level 14 to Grade Level 15.
He said that Governor Ajimobi expressed displeasure over the stagnation of the affected teachers, all of whom were university graduates, on GL 14 for years, directing that they should be moved to GL 15 with immediate effect.
In his contributions, the State Secretary of the union, Mr. Waheed Olojede, said the governor had approved payment of outstanding planning grants to secondary school principals and primary school head teachers, adding that grants for primary schools had been increased from N20 to N40 per pupil.
He also said that the state government had approved that the appointment of teachers be gazetted.
While presenting a copy of the gazette already approved for teachers in Saki zone, the NUT scribe said that government had made provision for the document which contains teachers’ records of service.
This, he said, would alleviate the stress of retiring teachers travelling to their last places of assignment to collate their records of service at the point of retirement.
Olojede pledged teachers’ loyalty and support for the Ajimobi administration, assuring the governor that teachers would reciprocate government’s gesture through dedication, hard work and commitment to their duties.
