Stop Mobilizing Community Leaders To lnfluence Undue Transfer, Delta SUBEB Boss Ogwu Cautions Teachers, Calls For Protection Of Govt School Properties

Stop Mobilizing Community Leaders To lnfluence Undue Transfer, Delta SUBEB Boss Ogwu Cautions Teachers, Calls For Protection Of Govt School Properties

Asaba____ The Excutive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon. Sunny Ogwu has warned Head teachers, teaching and non teaching staff  against mobilizing community leaders to influence their postings and transfers, saying that such practice would no longer be tolerated by the Board.

The SUBEB boss gave the warning at Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Council in continuation of the Board's  town hall  meeting with Head teachers in public Primary Schools in the State.

The Chairman who was represented by Member representing Delta South Senatorial District in the Board, Mr. Paul Kurugbe frowned at some staff who were at the habit of mobilizing community leaders to mount undue pressure on Local Education Authority Secretaries to influence their transfers.

He said such habits including rejecting postings were inimical to the service.

While charging Headteachers and other staff  particularly those heading Schools at the various villages to embark on school drive by encouraging parents to enrol their wards in school and take advantage of the free education programme of the Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa's administration, assured them of the state government's strong commitment to promoting quality basic education in the State .

Ogwu also enjoined the headteachers to engage community leaders and Parent Teacher Association to assist in protecting school properties against destruction.

On the School Based Management Committee (SBMC) model employed by the Universal Basic Education Commission in conjunction with the State Universal Basic Education Board to run and manage some schools in the State, the SUBEB Chairman urged headteachers and Management Committees of benefitting schools to put money released to them for execution of projects into judicious use.

He said to enhance the capacity of teachers to meet up with modern trend of impacting knowledge, the Board has concluded plans to begin another batch of cluster trainings for teachers and implored participants to take  the training seriously.

While warning against illegal collection of fees, extortion and unprofessional conducts,  Ogwu told the Headteachers to teach morals and values at assembly grounds  and be of good examples to staff and pupils.

The Chairman's representative also met with Headteachers in Isoko North Local Government where he reminded the teachers that education was the mother of all profession even as he charged the Quality Assurance Department of the Local Education Authority to step up its monitoring exercise.

The Chairman emphasized the need to bring back seriousness into sporting activities in primary schools in order to deepen sport development in the state by discovering sporting talents when they are young.

Earlier, the Education Secretary, Isoko South, Mr Edegbo Sammy in his welcome address while congratulating the Chairman and members of the Board for their appointments, commended the State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who have stood by his word to better the standard of education in the state.

He said Isoko south has benefitted immensely from the facelift of public primary schools in the state and appealed for the establishment of ICT centre in Isoko Central School, Oleh.