Ekiti SUBEB tells teachers against rural posting to resign

The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has said it would henceforth direct public primary school teachers who are refusing postings to rural areas to resign.

The board lamented the lopsidedness created by teachers that have been resisting posting to villages, thereby concentrating them in the cities at the expense of rural schools. It said the board would undertake a redistribution policy to correct the imbalance.

The SUBEB chairman, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, said this in Ikogosi, Ekiti West Local Government Area while flagging off a five-day training programme for primary schools’ Quality Assurance Officers held at Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort Centre.

He said the standard of education has improved considerably since 2018, compared to what obtained in the past.

“We don’t have teachers in local areas while they are in surplus in our cities, particularly Ado Ekiti. This lopsidedness is a major problem and we have to embark on teachers’ redistribution. If we don’t use radical approach, we won’t go far,” he said

“We have teachers that are sufficient in primary schools, but the question to ask is, have those teachers in the villages committed a crime?

“The new policy now is, either they honour the postings we are going to do or they tender their resignation. Some believe they can influence, but in this exercise, we are going to transfer those who thought they are untouchable,” he said.

Speaking about the training, Akinwumi said productivity and efficiency are necessary ingredients for schools to perform, adding that quality assurance is required to enhance quality teaching, for good performance by pupils in external examinations.

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, represented by the Southwest Zonal Director, Dr. P. A. Oyedokun, said quality assurance is the best way to strengthen education at the primary level, which is the foundation of every academic pursuit.