LAGOS— As part of measures to improve teachers’ welfare in Lagos State, the state government has released 10 million to Teachers’ Establishments and Pensions, TEPO, for teachers’ car refurbishment loan in all the six education districts in the state.
Permanent Secretary of TEPO, Mrs. Mojirola Bola-Sadipe, who disclosed this, said the gesture would go a long way in boosting the morale of teachers, which in turn, would enhance the performance of students.
The Permanent Secretary reiterated government’s commitment to teachers’ capacity building in state secondary schools, stressing that the agency had proposed training for about 11,000 teachers for 2012 as against 8,000 in 2011.
She noted that about 21 French teachers were sponsored toLome, Togo in 2011 for French language proficiency while 200 others would in 2012 be trained in Applied Linguistics at the Teachers’ Resource Centre, Owutu, Ikorodu.
According to her, the essence of training and retraining of teachers was to improve service delivery so that the students could perform better in SSSCE and NECO examinations.
The Permanent Secretary lamented the dismal performance of students in the last SSSCE results in Lagos State, saying the performance did not justify government’s investment on teachers’ development.
She said all hands must be on deck for improved performance and noted that a new Curriculum from Federal Government was out, urging teachers in the state secondary schools to ensure that their subject contents covered the new curriculum.
She noted that the administration of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) was aware of the challenges facing the education sector in the State and advised teachers to put in their best so that the Sector could attain its peak, adding that the State government has plans to recruit more qualified and professional teachers in year 2012 as there are a lot of vacancies to be filled.
Culled from Vanguard
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