Ondo Stop Automatic Promotion of Public School Teachers

Ondo State Government has stopped automatic promotion of teachers in the state’s public primary and junior secondary schools.

The promotion would henceforth be based on the academic performance of their students.

The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Victor Olabimtan, at a meeting with the education secretaries from the 18 Local Government Areas of the State.

He told them that the state government would soon introduce performance bonds for teachers of public primary schools for the implementation of the new policy

Olabimtan explained that the directives became necessary to enhance better performance of pupils in public schools in the common entrance examination into public secondary schools in the state.

The commissioner also said stiffer punishment would be introduced to penalize teachers who abscond from their duty posts.

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While admonishing the education secretaries and head teachers to live up to expectations, the SUBEB boss said the government won’t hesitate to deal with anybody, no matter how highly placed, trying to sabotage the established high-performance standard in education the state is known for.

“All promotions, especially from grade 13 and above will be subjected to performance evaluation by the Board and the Ministry of Education Science and Technology.

“As from the beginning of the new academic session the board is going to invigorate its monitoring and supervisory mechanism by paying unscheduled visits to all the schools in the state to ensure teachers are in classes doing what they were employed to do,” he stated.

The chairman warned teachers who are in the habit of absconding from duties or engaging in selling and buying during school hours to desist from such acts, saying anybody caught in the act will face the music.

“There is credible information that some teachers come to school at will while others do not come at all but employ someone else to do their jobs while engaging in other activities at the detriment of students under their care.

“Some even travelled abroad without appropriate approval. This not acceptable and anybody caught will face the penalties,” he warned.