Edo Teachers Spoil For War Over Promotion Test

By Editor

Teachers in Edo State have vowed to resist plans by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to carry out competency test as a way of appointing headteachers in the state’s schools.

The teachers under the aegis of the Edo State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT vowed to carry out every legal action to stop the tests.

The Union in a statement jointly signed by the state chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe and Assistant Secretary General, Mike Itua, also accused the SUBEB leadership under Dr. Joan Oviawe of dictatorship in taking actions irrespective of legal injunctions. They particularly observed that there is a legal action at the courts instituted by teachers against the use of competency test.

“SUBEB under the leadership of Dr. Joan Oviawe‎ has surreptitiously devised a competency test mechanism for the determination of who becomes a head of school in Edo State in contravention of an existing legal suit No. NICN/AK/10/2014 in the case of Nigeria Union of Teachers vs Edo State Government and 7 others instituted at the National Industrial Court, Enugu; and the established service practice of Headship by Seniority”, the Union said.

“All our members should braze up and be prepared for further action as may be deemed necessary and directed by the union should the relevant government board and agent refuse to positively address the issues raised in this communiqué not later than 5th September, 2019. School heads and acting heads are advised to continue to carry out their lawful assignments and must not handover to anybody as illegally directed by SUBEB.

“That the union would resist any attempt by Edo SUBEB to post junior officers to head schools over and above their colleagues as headship should be strictly on seniority”.

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