Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday announced the re-certification of teachers in government-owned schools.
He said this during the 2012 World Teachers Day celebration in Port Harcourt.
Amaechi said the initiative was part of the reform process of his administration to boost the quality of education in the state.
He observed that many teachers in public schools could not spell words correctly and wondered about the quality of knowledge they would impart to their pupils.
“I visited Community Secondary School, Rumuokwurusi, where I met some teachers who could not spell some words correctly. The policy of my administration is that all teachers must have their qualifications re-certified.
“What you studied in 1979 is what you are teaching students in 2012. Are you being fair? That is why we said go and write the qualification examination. With this new method, we will be able to know if the NCE is still current, so that while the students are reading, the teachers are also reading,” Amaechi said.
He stated that his administration would scrutinise teachers through the Quality Assurance Agency, to pick out indolent and unserious teachers in the profession. Amaechi promised incentives for teachers in 2013.
He said, “It is compulsory for teachers to be ICT compliant, anyone who is not would be asked to leave our schools. The new tax, which will be deducted from your salaries, will be used to fund the education and health sectors.”
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