It is painful to see how pta teachers are pitiably abandon in the FCT. These folks endure a long years of teaching in their communities. Many have taught for over three to ten years for a paltry sum of #10, 000 per month only to be side lined by educational stakeholders during teachers recruitment exercise.

They suffered humiliating experiences when they see new teachers employed at the turn of every new academic session, the burning shame they went through is psychologically distressing. Imagine someone with family responsibilities teaching under the PTA scheme! Of course, its not a bad idea to start with #10,000 but it is devastating to remain on this payroll for years.

Again, they suffered a painful blow when many of them were not recruited by the N-power scheme of the President Buhari led administration. It is psychically demoralising to see these teachers earning #10, 000 while their counter part are earning #30, 000 under the N-power scheme. The relevant stakeholders should recognise the selfless sacrifice of these teachers as the main hero of the teaching profession inspite of the stipends they earn.

With equal justification, many of these teachers are suppose to be on level eight or thereabout under the FCT-UBEB but alas they live miserably with cash barely enough to survive a week

I was grip with an overwhelming sadness during an encounter with a PTA teacher in in the FCT. He narrated how he had tried to get a teaching job since he graduated 8 years ago. However, he had briefly taught in private schools but felt depressed when he reminisce how his colleagues are proudly progressing from one grade level to the next level

Possibly, physical assessment should be carried out in schools with a view of identifying the PTA teachers because experience has shown that these teachers can be replaced by someone who has not taught as a PTA teacher.

A depression of an unimaginable magnitude looms in the air if someone else is allowed to take the place of these teachers when their appointment is about to be ratified and pensionable

I will gladly volunteer to help the PTA teachers if consulted by educational authorities in the FCT or anywhere in the federation.

I felt their tears and frustration as it seemingly appear as if nobody is fighting for them.

I am humbly asking the government and the relevant authorities in the FCT to find a way of bringing a smile on the faces of these teachers