Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has asked teachers in the state to measure up to modern standard of teaching, warning that he would not hesitate to redeploy any of them that has nothing to offer the students to other areas.
He made it clear however that his administration will not sack any teacher from the state civil service: “but we will not fail to reassign any teacher that does not have the requisite qualifications to be in the classroom.”
Governor Tambuwal who spoke today in Dogon-Daji, Tambuwal Local Government Area in his address at the annual national congress of the Old Boys Association of his Alma-mater, Government Secondary School, Dogon Daji announced: “beginning from the next budget, government will ensure continuous training and retraining of teachers to update their knowledge and make them conform to modern teaching techniques.
“Huge sums of money have been budgeted for that purpose.
“Let me announce it here that we do not plan to retrench any teacher working with the state government. In fact, we need qualified teachers to address shortfall in numbers.
“What we will not condone in our schools are unqualified teachers who have nothing to offer our children.
“If after giving you the necessary training, we discover that you do not have the capacity or enthusiasm to teach, we will reassign you to where your expertise if most needed.”
The governor commended the executive of the association for its diligence in the face of mounting challenges, even as he solicited its support in government’s efforts to take Sokoto State to greater heights. [myad]
