The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board, NSUBEB, has dismissed 20 teachers in public primary schools for certificate forgery and absenteeism.
The Public Relations Officer of the Board, Idris Kolo, made the announcement in a statement on Monday.
The statement said that four of the dismissed teachers are from Gbako Local Government, three each from Bida and Lapai, two each from Agaie, Katcha and Lavun, one each from Mashegu, Munya and Shiroro while one teacher was dismissed in Kontagora for dereliction of work.
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Kolo said the decision was taken at the management meeting in furtherance to the board’s determination to ensuring that only those with requisite qualifications and zeal to work would be allowed into teaching profession especially at the basic level of education in the state.
The statement quoted the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Isah Adamu as saying that the board had resolved to flush out all unqualified teachers in public primary schools as part of measures to restore the quality of teaching and learning at the basic level of education, noting that this is the first phase of those whose certificates have been verified by the institutions they claimed to have attended.
Credit: AN24.net