The verification of certificates of primary school teachers in Edo State ordered by Governor Adams Oshiomhole has started fishing out unworthy teachers, with the discovery of one on Tuesday, who could not read a sworn affidavit tendered as part of her credentials.


The teacher, Mrs. Augusta Odemwinge of Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state stuttered as she was asked to read what was written on her affidavit before the state governor.
Oshiomhole, who paid an unscheduled visit to the state Staff Training Centre, venue of the exercise, said “if you can’t read, what do you teach the pupils, what do you write on the board?”
The governor had on arrival at the centre, checked some of the teachers’ credentials and documents presented.
When it was Mrs. Odenwingie’s turn, the governor listened as he asked her to read the affidavit she presented, but she stuttered, to the consternation of everyone present at the venue.


Chairman of the state Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Patrick Ikosimi, who was also at the screening to monitor the exercise, said that the woman’s failure was “an embarrassment.”
Ikosimi, who described Mrs. Odemwingie’s failure to read a document she presented as an embarrassment, said the union was in tune with the state government on the need to sanitise the school system.
“We are committed to partnering the government to reposition education in the state. What this teacher has just displayed is a show of shame; it shows the decadence in the education sector.
“As the chairman of NUT, I had written to the governor that we are in total support of what he is doing.
“He should properly involve the NUT, so that together we can fish out the culprits, who are not viable as far as the system is concerned,” Ikosimi said.



http://www.informationng.com/2013/08/drama-in-edo-as-teacher-cant-read-her-document.html

I just wonder how and what she has been teaching her pupils,damn a lot of water has gone under the bridge. She must be sacked as soon as possible and the recruitment process should undergo close scrutiny like it used to before. I can vividly remember how a teacher was using my mum's NCE certificate in the same benin that my mum(God bless her soul) was also teaching and the then commissioner of education Abel Guobadia(God bless his soul) caught her during a verification process and she was sacked and taken to court

As long as recruitment into government jobs continue to be based on connection and not on merit, comedies like this will continue to play out!

A major factor that constitute this is that, teaching has been neglected and not attractive... No much money.

Therefore, quacks finds solace there.

Ehya.... May be na fear dey catch her o.

Oshiomole should stop intimidating civil servants joor! The media can blow up some stories too. The poor woman might as well been nervous, and stutter as a result. #Normal sometimes.

omicron: Oshiomole should stop intimidating civil servants joor! The media can blow up some stories too. The poor woman might as well been nervous, and stutter as a result. #Normal sometimes.

Ethnocentric nepotism is your problem

Am like....

phillippiano: Ehya.... May be na fear dey catch her o.

My thought too.

WTF

omicron: Oshiomole should stop intimidating civil servants joor! The media can blow up some stories too. The poor woman might as well been nervous, and stutter as a result. #Normal sometimes.

I watched this report on channels tv last night, all I did was shook my head. The woman could not make one simple correct sentence in simple english. When the governor asked her to start re-read what a particular line, she replied "u say make I start am again?".. This exercise should be extended to all states of the federation.

see gobe....teacher can not read..so how does she teach when she dont no how 2 read..this our county henn....well GOD IS WATCHING

phillippiano: Ehya.... May be na fear dey catch her o.

Guess she probably panicked and became disoriented by the presence of the state governor

OK, MY TURN

This tory remind me of one school like dat wey d teacher no fit pronuounce elephant... Took him 10 minutes to do it... "ELE.... HELELE.. ELLEELEE...." for good ten minutes... I pity the pupils him dey teach...

God bless Nigeria and everybody else.


ONE DAY I WILL BE FIRST TO COMMENT... NOOB-SAIBOT.

Maxymilliano:
Guess she probably panicked and became disoriented by the presence of the state governor

she no get confidence... who employ her sef

SMH for the tomorrow's leaders under her tutelage. I won't be surprised if later news will have it that she has been impersonating for "21" years! Mstweeeehhhhhh....

three things are involve here;
>To be sincere, some legal document (document written by a lawyer) are sometimes very difficult to read or understand, e.g Nigeria constitution
>na fear catch the woman...it is not easy to face a governor, not to mention all the AK47 rounding him..
>Home problem....the witch wen dey the woman village, they fan themselves with the woman picture.

what do you expect students who are rejected by the universities and polytechnics are pushed into colleges of education where this teachers are trained. so expect nonetities to be teachers!!

Lolzzzzzzz... Naija ooooooooooo.
Even some people here on Nairaland can't read.

omicron: Oshiomole should stop intimidating civil servants joor! The media can blow up some stories too. The poor woman might as well been nervous, and stutter as a result. #Normal sometimes.

You need to be sent to jail for one week for being so stuupid !

omo c yawa. i wonda wat she'ld av bin teaching dos poor kids.

What has she been teching her pupils
What's the name of that school?
I hope it's not Mrs. Odemwingie, Osaze's aunt that taught me in primary school.

Na today?!!!

Not surprised sum senators can't read sef dats y dey never talk during meetings

This is funny, i mean what if she is unable to read here document then what was she teaching her student? waw this is bad.

phillippiano: Ehya.... May be na fear dey catch her o.

What kinda useless fear is that No matter what, she should be able to read whatever she was asked to read!

Looool, mein na comedy o

Odemwinge hmm.....Osaze?lol

Lobatan