Oyo Promotes 16,500 Primary School Teachers

The Oyo State Government has promoted 16,500 public primary school teachers that were successful in their recent promotion examinations.

The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran, disclosed this while he supervised the symbolic presentation of the promotion letters to teachers from each of the 33 local government areas of the state in Ibadan, the state’s capital

The promotion covered 2017 to 2020 which made some of the teachers got doubled promotions.

Adeniran charged the promoted teachers to double their efforts and put in their best “to ensure that teaching of pupils is taken with full seriousness and commitment.

 He also charged the teachers to support Gov. Makinde’s administration to do what it has been voted into office to do in terms of bringing dividends of democracy to the people.

 “I want to believe that before arrangement for the promotion exercise was made, the governor had already factored the issue of arrears into the finances of the state,” he said assuring the teachers that government would pay the promotion arrears.

Adeniran also disclosed that the process for the recruitment of more primary school teachers was already on, saying it will come into limelight very soon.

He recalled that the state government had completed the recruitment and enlistment of teachers into the public secondary schools sub-sector.

He said the public primary schools sub-sector, which also has shortage of teachers, would eventually get approval from the governor to go ahead with the recruitment.

The Oyo SUBEB Executive Secretary, Joel Olusanjo, in his welcome address, also charged the promoted teachers to reciprocate the gesture and redouble their efforts in carrying out their duties.

In their separate remarks, the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Adedoyin Adeniyi, and his counterpart at the Association of Primary School Heads, Kunle Adedeji, appreciated Gov. Makinde for his concern towards the welfare of primary school teachers.

The duo charged their colleagues to put in their best in enhancing the efforts of the state government in providing qualitative education to primary school pupils.