Oyo NUT celebrates World Teachers’ Day amidst pomp, promotions in Ibadan

THE chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Oyo State, Mr Nureni Adeniran has assured public school teachers both at the primary and secondary levels of their promotion this month.

He said nothing less than 16,500 primary school teachers had been promoted from 2017 to 2020, while the secondary school teachers had been receiving their letters of promotion, as some are still being signed.

“All has been concluded on the issue of the primary schools teacher’s promotion between 2017 and 2020. They are all going to collect their letters this month.

“Some are going to have double promotions. We are working day and night to ensure that those letters are signed. Once they are signed they will be released. The permanent secretary is personally signing all the letters for you our great teachers,” he said.

Mr Adeniran made the declaration on Tuesday while delivering his goodwill message at the 2021 edition of world Teachers’ Day celebration, which was held at Lead City University’s Sport facility in Ibadan.

The theme of this year’s conference was “Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery.”

In his welcome address at the event, the chairman of the union, Comrade Samson Tojuade Adedoyin described teachers all over the world as the major indices and parameters to gauge the performance of any education system, saying no nation can rise above the quality of its teachers.

According to him, the World Teachers’ Day celebration is a global event that is celebrated annually to appreciate the pivotal roles of educators as  living legends in character-building.

The event which he stated was declared globally on October 5, 1966, had its root in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recommendation and was unanimously adopted by the special intergovernmental conference of ministers of education of the member nations in Paris, France.

Speaking about the uniqueness of this year’s celebration, he lauded the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and indeed the state government for declaring every October 5, a work-free-day for teachers in Oyo State to join their teeming colleague in celebration all over the universe.

While applauding the efforts of Governor Oluseyi Makinde in the state’s education industry he said: “the executive governor of Oyo State has again passed our due diligence in key areas such as Teachers’ welfare, recruitment of teachers in public schools, approval of backlog of promotion, reduction in six years promotion waiting period of primary school teachers, among others.

He made an appeal to the government to recruit teachers in Oyo State public primary schools, make approval of funds for the payment schools’ running grants, issuance of primary school leaving testimonial to graduates of public primary schools and so forth.

National president of the NUT, Dr, Nasir Idris, who was represented at the event by the national council member, Mr Seye Obadina appreciated both the state and federal governments for identifying with teachers in Nigeria, particularly   for sustaining the president’s teachers and school excellence award aimed at promoting excellence in service among teachers, administrators and schools in Nigeria.

The vice chancellor of Lead City University, Professor Kabiru Adeyemo who represented the chairman, governing council, LCU, Professor Babajide while acknowledging indispensable role of teachers, in nation-building noted that “the development of every society is determined by the level of education of  its citizens which could only be guaranteed by professional teachers and good delivery.

While speaking on the theme of the conference, the former, NUT secretary, Mr Waheed Olojede charged the government on organising education summit, where parents would be educate on the need to wake up to their responsibilities in making the sacrifice towards giving their children qualitative education.

He recommended that the Teachers’ Day celebration should not only be celebrated at the primary and secondary levels, but unanimously at all levels, saying that “will encourage us to dwell on our strengths and work on our weaknesses.”

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