THE Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Osun State, Comrade Muritala Fatade has said the shortage of teachers in public schools will continue to contribute to the number of out of school children in the state.

Fatade, in an interview with OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday, noted that there was shortage of teachers in public schools in both rural and urban areas.

According to Fatade, though the case of rural areas was worse, but the urban areas as well are grossly in need of teachers.

He disclosed that no school in the urban areas have Assistant Headmaster(s), which amounts to the shortage of teachers.

The NUT Chairman said: “We have been telling the government since inception that they inherited shortage of teachers and lack of infrastructure but they promised to intervene. We applaud the government of Adeleke for the job they’re doing.


“In the urban areas, where we have headmaster or headmistress, we should have an assistant who will fit in when the HM is unavailable. As I’m speaking, there is no assistant HM in schools in the urban areas which amount to shortage of teachers. When we came into the Civil Service, we do have two HM in schools in the urban areas.

“But I’m a witness that the government is doing their possible best to recruit more teachers in the public primary and secondary schools. I witnessed such a meeting last month.

“Definitely, where there’s no good environment for learning, the pupils or students won’t be motivated to go to school. And believe me, these children will go home to report to their parents.


“These will allow parents to stop sending their children to school or students will not get to school when they already know there is no teacher to teach them.”

DivinegiftofGod:
Even in private schools there's shortage of teachers and more are leaving.

Nigerian teachers are underpaid and not compensated enough for their efforts. Imagine a school to still be paying 20, 25k for a whole month and you expect people to still remain in the profession.

I pray in the nearest future, everyone shuns the teaching profession so that olodo generation wen una wan breed una go see am breed very well. Very heartless people.

I approached a school head about increment and she was telling me, sheybi you have other schools now. . Very unprofessional way to reason. I asked her, are you counting my schools or what? Why bring my business with other schools into our discussion and how does it concern you,? she now said, eeh.. we can't do anything for now. .

I was passing by one school yesterday, if you see the long leather banner they used for their vacancy advert ehn.. I say una never start. To think this is an old school and not like theyre just staring but if you see the long list of vacancy? Hm.

It's high time. I've always been praying for this day when teachers will become scarce then and only then will the society know their value.

By the time everyone will abandons the teaching profession the govt and all concerned will wake up and do something about their remuneration.

DivinegiftofGod:
Even in private schools there's shortage of teachers and more are leaving.

Nigerian teachers are underpaid and not compensated enough for their efforts. Imagine a school to still be paying 20, 25k for a whole month and you expect people to still remain in the profession.

I pray in the nearest future, everyone shuns the teaching profession so that olodo generation wen una wan breed una go see am breed very well. Very heartless people.

I approached a school head about increment and she was telling me, sheybi you have other schools now. . Very unprofessional way to reason. I asked her, are you counting my schools or what? Why bring my business with other schools into our discussion and how does it concern you,? she now said, eeh.. we can't do anything for now. .

I was passing by one school yesterday, if you see the long leather banner they used for their vacancy advert ehn.. I say una never start. To think this is an old school and not like theyre just staring but if you see the long list of vacancy? Hm.

It's high time. I've always been praying for this day when teachers will become scarce then and only then will the society know their value.

By the time everyone will abandons the teaching profession the govt and all concerned will wake up and do something about their remuneration.

TruthsFM:
Education sector in Osun State under Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke’ is at poor state now. Very bad.