Ondo State Government has concluded the 2023 Primary Schools Teachers’ Promotion Interview for qualified teachers in public primary schools in the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, according to the Executive Chairman of state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt Hon Victor Olabimtan.
In a chat with the media at the end of the exercise, which took the team under the leadership of a full-time member of the Board, Princess Funmilayo Ademulegun-Brown across the state, Olabimtan said that the effort was hitch free in all the zones, explaining that it was in fulfilment of the Rotimi Akeredolu-led state administration’s promise to promote civil servants as at and when due.
The Ademulegun -Brown-led team included the Director of Personnel Management, Mrs. Sherifat Musa; and other establishment staff.
According to SUBEB boss, to make the exercise smooth and less stressful, the state was divided into five zones. Akoko zone comprise Akoko North East, Akoko North West, Akoko South East, Akoko South West, all in the Akoko area; and Owo axis made up of Owo and Ose LGAs. Akure zone has Akure South, Akure North, Ifedore and Idanre LGAs.
In the Ondo zone are Ondo West, Ondo East and Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo LGAs; while Okitipupa zone comprise Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ese-Odo, Irele and Odigbo LGAs.
In a statement, the Ondo SUBEB’s Director Press, Bolu Ajijo quoted Olabimtan as saying that, the Board, as an interventionist agency in the basic education sector of the state, usually embarked on the exercise as soon its gets approval from the state government to take the programme to the teachers in their closet to reduce the stress in embarking on journey to the headquarters for the annual ritual.
He said that, unlike other states that promote public servants to the next grade without the financial benefits, the state government ensures that every public servant promoted, including teachers, gets its dues despite the huge financial layout of the exercise, and the state’s increasing fiscal responsibilities.
He said that the government is ever committed to honour its social contract and electioneering promises to the people, especially teachers who are critical stakeholders in the development of the state, by ensuring that they get the needed impetus to deliver on their mandates.
The Chairman, who reiterated the resolve of the state government to continue to promote the welfare of teachers, said the state was one of the few ones that promoted Teachers to GL 16, an equivalent of Directorship cadre in the main stream of the civil service.
According to him, this puts them on the same pedestal as the rest of their colleagues in the civil service and enables to aspire to the summit in the system having acquired university degrees.
Olabimtan, who said the Board would release the promotion letters as soon as the committee concluded its works, appealed to the teachers to justify the gesture of the government by discharging their duties conscientiously.
