Following the resumption of primary and secondary schools for a new term, the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Dr Paddy Iyamu, made an early visit to schools to ensure teachers were at their duty posts.
In the course of the visits, the SUBEB boss suspended a primary school teacher for dereliction of duty.
Iyamu, who went round some primary schools in Benin, Oredo Local Government, expressed disappointment that the teacher scored a pupil correct even when the pupil gave a wrong answer to a question.
Vanguard reports that Iyamu read through the pupil’s workbook and discovered that the teacher scored the pupil correct, even when the pupil had given a wrong answer to a question.
The Chairman, who visited Uwa Primary School, Adesuwa Primary School, Akenzua Primary School among others, expressed disappointment that the teacher, who possesses a National Certificate in Education, NCE, could still not adequately handle primary school pupils.
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“The administration is committed to taking the state to greater height in the education sector and other sectors.
“For education, we cannot toy with our future by not getting the right and competent hands to teach our children.
“They are our future and as much as we are going to appreciate our teachers and make the working environment very conducive for them, we will also not tolerate indolence and incompetence.
“As part of the effort to make learning and teaching conducive, dilapidated schools are being rebuilt. Last December, we went to some of the schools on inspection and we got to one and saw the deplorable condition where pupils learn.
“Immediately, Governor Monday Okpebholo ordered that the dilapidated building be pulled down and reconstruction to start.
“The pace of work is fast as we are mindful of finishing on time for our children to be taught in a serene environment,” Iyamu stated.
He also inspected some other schools marked for reconstruction by Governor Okpebholo few weeks ago.
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