The federal government has approved a special salary scale for teachers. The years of service for teachers has also been increased from 35 to 40 years
Adamu Adamu, minister of education who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at an event to mark the World Teachers Day, explained that the decision was taken as part of efforts to ensure better productivity and efficient service delivery.
Also, the payment of stipends to Bachelor of Education students as well as granting them automatic employment after graduation is now a federal government policy, Adamu said.
Similarly, governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, also appreciated award-winning teachers in the State with a house gift and cash rewards. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, said that a Junior Secondary School teacher at Abeokuta Grammar School, Mr Odegbola Ayodele, who won the overall Best Teacher in the State was given a two-bedroom bungalow.While Mr Adewale Abayomi, from Odua Comprehensive High School, Imoru, who was the Best Teacher in the Senior Secondary category was given the sum of N2.5m, Mrs Mary Adeyemi from St. Paul’s School II, Sagamu, who was the best Primary School Teacher went home with a cash gift of N2m from the Governor.
He said the State government had formally instituted a yearly Best Teachers Awards in these categories to appreciate outstanding teachers in the State and those who have distinguished themselves in the course of carrying out their duties.
Abiodun said to encourage teachers for efficient service delivery, it is imperative to celebrate those who have shown creativity, dedication and hard work in the course of imparting knowledge to our younger ones. The governor noted that this would spur them to put in more efforts in educating the nation’s future leaders.
Abiodun used the occasion to call on parents to be more involved in caring for their children instead of shifting the responsibility to teachers as the development process of a child would not be complete without the involvement of their parents.
“While I call for a rethink by such parents, but in the meantime, I will call on our teachers to help the situation by inculcating in the children, positive attitudes, ideals and virtues. Help us to protect the rights of our children”, the governor pleaded.
