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Nigerian Observer
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Friday July 19, 2013
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Edo PDP And Unending Wild Accusations
 AS has always
been its pastime,
the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is out again with another tell tale.
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Archival Matters
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The Biblical Cain In Us
WHEN
the Holy Book told us that Cain slew Abel out of jealousy and that God
intervened. He asked Cain to account for Abel’s where about. In
response, continued the bible, Cain arrogantly replied. “Am I my
brother’s keeper?”
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Viewpoint
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Death Sentence: Not An Effective Deterrent?
WHAT is crime, to start with? It is a grave offence against a
community, society, nation or any approved authority. Offences that
constitute crime are many.
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Editorial
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Attack On Five Governors
LAST week,
thousands of youths believed to be acting on the behest of the Minister
of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, reportedly threw stones and
other dangerous objects at the convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi at the Port-Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.
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| Discourse |
Biometric Number Plates, Driver’s Licence Matters Arising
Complaints,
ranging from the non-availability of vehicle particulars long time
after applications have been made to the mode of issuance, have, in
recent times, inundated the offices of the relevant issuing authorities.
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| FEMINIQUE |
Mid Day Encounter: Peeping Into A Demented Woman’s Bag
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"Can I have it and see?" The laughter stopped suddenly and it was
replaced by a genuine smile, even happiness and joy. It was as if no one
had ever bothered to see what she had collected in that plastic
container, a disposable plastic plate.
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From
left: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Comrade Emmanuel Ademokun,
Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress Edo State and Comrade Patrick
Ikosimi, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers Edo State at the Governor's
meeting with NLC and NUT executives in his office, yesterday. photo by
charity ozigbo-esere
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Edo State Government has invited 1,300 Primary School
teachers who have irregularities in their education certificates and age
records to appear before a verification committee to defend themselves.
This was made known at a meeting the state Govenor,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole held with the leadership of the state Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC) led by Comrade Emmanue Ademokun and the Nigeria
Union of Teachers (NUT) led by Comrade Patrick Ikosimi.
The Governor who said that the exercise is not to
witch-hunt anybody however insisted that it would not be business as
usual and that those who have become too old to teach will have to give
way.
Oshiomhole said “it is not my wish to preside over
dismissals, first it is not cheap. Secondly, I have a responsibility to
keep Edo going and ensure that our children are in good hands of
teachers who are senile and also still strong to stand and competent to
teach.
“If the facts reveal that there are teachers in the classroom who do
not have the requisite qualification, you cannot insist that they remain
in the system. The good news is that those who are not too old, who
are capable of training, if we find that they are deficient and it is
possible for them to benefit from training, we will give them training,
what is not acceptable is to say it is business as usual”, he noted.
The Governor argued “we can mismanage everything in
our country, if you mismanage education, you are killing our tomorrow,
our collective future. The roads we are building, we won’t have brains
to look over them. In the absence of brains, we won’t have growth and
development.
“I have asked the Ministry of Education to invite those category of
teachers whose number is about one thousand three hundred who from the
records appear to have started their Primary School before they were
born to come and speak to the fact because we are not assuming that
those documents are iron-cast.”
The Governor said the Primary School teachers will
be paid their months salary which was withheld while they embarked on
strike. He said this is informed by the fact that the teachers are now
back to the classrooms and have agreed to cover the lost ground.
It will be recalled that the Governor had at a Town
Hall meeting on Education in the state on July 31 said an audit carried
out by the State’s Information and Communications Technology unit showed
that 789 teachers out of 1,379 obtained their Primary School Leaving
Certificates before the age of 8 or 9.
He said at the meeting that “some of the records
show there were a few who were particularly gifted and they finished
Primary School before they were born.
“We found that of all our Primary School Teachers, only 1,287
representing 9% out of 14,484 teachers have proper and accurate records
in our system. 91% have various forms of discrepancies in their
records.
Oshiomhole said “about 1,379 teachers representing
11.5% claim that they obtained their Primary School Certificates after
they had been employed as teachers. In fact, some obtained their
Primary School Certificates not more than two years ago, from the school
in which they were employed as teachers.” |
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