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Delta may sanction commissioners' wives, others over absence from work
THERE may be no hiding place any longer for wives of Delta State top government officials, including commissioners, who abandon their duty posts as the state's Commissioner for Education, Dr. Veronica Ogbuagu, yesterday warned that such culprits would be sanctioned.
Ogbuagu, who was apparently reacting to reports that wives of most public officeholders have not been going to the classrooms to teach for several months, warned against the ugly trend.
Speaking at a workshop on formulation of unified scheme of work and selection of textbooks for primary schools in the state, she added that many of the affected teachers took advantage of their husbands' position in the government to abstain from their duty posts.
This, she argued, was counter-productive as children and pupils entrusted into their care ended up not being properly taught.
The commissioner said that with effect from this term, any teacher that failed to perform his or her function in school would be severely punished.
She said that the only time such teachers are exempted from duties is when they are involved in ad hoc duties with their husbands.
On the essence of the workshop, Ogbuagu stated that the absence of unified scheme of work greatly affected the performance of the pupils in the just concluded 2004 primary school leaving certificate examinations.
According to her, most of the pupils could not write the examinations without external support, a situation the ministry could not tolerate.
She listed the benefits of unified scheme of work to include: teaching and learning; helping teachers to outline their lessons effectively, enabling the pupils to cover the entire syllabus; promoting uniform standards among schools in the state; and providing opportunity for uniform mental development of the pupils.
Earlier, the Director of Examination and Standards, in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Julie Young, said that the last primary school leaving certificate Examinations exposed the inadequacies of the pupils.
She attributed the inadequacies to the lack of unified scheme of work and dedication to duty on the part of teachers.
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