The Universal Basic Education Commission has notified the Oyo State Government of the inadequate teachers in the state public primary schools, calling for the immediate recruitment of teachers in primary schools.
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi gave the charge today in Ibadan, as part of the 2022 National Personnel Audit team’s recommendation to the State Government.
He, however, commended the qualitative education pupils in the state are enjoying under the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration.
Bobboyi said the need to recruit more teachers became manifest during the just concluded Personnel Audit Exercise in the state by the Commission in collaboration with OYOSUBEB.
Speaking through the head of the team, Engr. Muhammed Bello, the ES said, “We urge the Oyo State Government to look into the recruitment of teachers into the public primary schools in the State.”
He pledged the commitment of the commission to look into other areas to move basic education forward in the state, adding that the National Personnel Audit Exercise was a major activity in data gathering used in the planning and development of education.
Bobboyi said that the commission discovered a lot of progress made, compared to the previous exercise.
According to him, “Though entry is still ongoing, we would give the Board updates on the list and give the state government accurate data to plan and develop basic education.”
He solicited the cooperation of other stakeholders in education in ensuring accurate data to know where every Nigerian child of school age was at any given time.
Responding, the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB), Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran admitted the shortage of teachers in the state, saying the state government is making efforts to look into fresh recruitment and replacement of seconded teachers in the state.
“We are aware of the shortage of teachers in our primary schools. The State Government under the leadership of our dear Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde is making efforts to ensure the problem is resolved in time”, Adeniran added.
He added that the state government would continue to collaborate with the Federal Government and other relevant agencies to ensure the public education sector in the state thrives.
Adeniran also hinted that school owners and proprietors operating illegally in the state would be made to face the law.
He warned such schools to regularise their registration by visiting the ministry of Education, Ibadan.
Adeniran reiterated the Oyo State Government’s commitment to revamping education in the state.
Adeniran commended the National Personnel Audit team’s report on data of schools in the state, adding that the update would help the state in planning its education in the forthcoming fiscal budget.
