Edo To Promote 8,000 Public School Teachers

The Edo State government said more than 8,000 public school teachers would soon be promoted to their next positions.

The state commissioner for education, Dr Paddy Iyamu, disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Benin City.

Iyamu said the processes for the promotion have been completed, but they are now at the implementation stage, which will soon be completed.

He noted that the promotion was to motivate the teachers for optimal performance.

Iyamu assured that the state government would continue to do more for the education sector and added that teachers would also benefit from the N75,000 new minimum wage just approved for workers in the public and civil service by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo, during the May Day celebration.

According to him, on Workers‘ Day, the governor increased the minimum wage from N70,000 to N75,000, which will benefit the teachers.

“We also have teachers who have been on a contract called EdoStars. We are also reviewing their appointments to see how we can absolve some of them who are qualified, because we are very particular about those to employ. After all, the quality of teachers is the quality of our children.

“So, a lot is being done to see how we can get the best hands for the well-being and overall benefit of our students“, he said.

The commissioner also disclosed that interviews are currently ongoing for the recruitment of 500 teachers into basic and senior secondary schools and 100 teachers for technical colleges.

He said the recruitment of teachers was to galvanise the workforce in the education sector.

He also added that the recruitment of 100 teachers into Technical Colleges was to ensure that youths acquired skills in addition to normal educational certificates to boost their employability in the labour market and to be self-employed.

“We have also started the recruitment of 500 teachers to galvanise the workforce, and also 100 teachers for the Technical Colleges, because we found out that aside from the fact that you go to schools to acquire certificates, the role of technical education is also very sacred“, he added.

He, however, reeled out the achievements of the Governor Monday Okpebholo-led government within the last few months of its assumption of office, including the increment of Ambrose Alli University‘s (AAU) Ekpoma subvention from N41 million to N500 million.

Others are the induction of 128 medical students and 810 nursing students who graduated from AAU in 2022, who were not inducted during the period of the immediate past government.

He also mentioned the massive renovation and rehabilitation of schools across the three Senatorial districts and the provision of learning infrastructures such as chairs, tables, and books.