THE Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has directed principals, head teachers, teachers and students in all the public schools in the state to resume work today after a long-term holiday.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Iyabo Odulate and made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Monday.

The statement directed all principals and head teachers to keep proper attendance records of teachers and students which must be closed by 9.00 a.m.

The statement also ordered the principals to submit details of attendance records through the respective zonal education officers to the Teaching Service Commission.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission, Chief Segun Okeowo, has urged teachers in the state to return to their respective duty posts, saying that the implementation of the new TSS was not negotiable.

Reacting, the president of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary School Teachers (ASUSS) in the state, Mr. Tunde Folarin, in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, directed that members of the union should ignore the directive of the state government.

He said the directive was nothing but an empty threat, adding that the state government should have concluded its negotiations with the union before giving such directive.




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