Olajobi-Ara Writes An Open Letter To Proprietors And Proprietresses Of Private Schools

Olajobi-Ara is an alumna of the premier university of education in Nigeria, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED).

He observed the challenges facing the teachers in private schools during this closure of tertiary institutions especially primary and secondary schools.

Below is the open letter to proprietors and proprietresses of private schools:

Dear Private School Owner,
In this modern days, private school ownership can never be underestimate because of their existence most especially in this twenty-first (21st) century.

Private schools seem the best school in which majority of parents and guardians enrol their wards.

But the story line is how the teachers in private schools are being treated by their proprietors.
Teachers are those who impacts knowledge to learners from known to unknown. They treats pupils / students as their biological children.
The motivational aspect of most private school teachers by their proprietors are lagging behind from inception.

Being a private school teacher should not hinder reduction or stoppage of monthly salary payment.

The private school teachers are hardworking, yet most proprietors of schools treat them as a slave.

In some private schools, teacher teaches from morning till closing hours which it shouldn't be.
The rate at which private school teachers are stranded even without the pandemic period cannot be quantify with suffering during this period.

In a sane country where educational system is not being focus as it supposed to, both the teachers and pupils or student will suffer for it.

For instance, if a teacher is not motivated, he or she might not have the moral to teach those students up to his or her standard.
The most amazing part of it is that the institutions (private schools) earn massively from the students tuition fee but they find it difficult to treat their workers well.

It is so disgusting when I saw a post on facebook where someone was asking the private school teachers to drop their phone numbers for recharge card, which sound absurd but the person emulate humanitarianism.

It will be well and okay if proprietors of all private schools can look into this matter and help the situation of their workers because these people are suffering but smiling.

A lot of teachers find it difficult to feed his or her mouth not to talk of his or her family.
I believe without these teachers, private schools cannot exist.

In this case, even if it is half of the salary being given to them, the proprietor's of schools should allocate it for them during this period.
With this pandemic, a lot of private school teachers doesn't receive March salary not to talk of April.

The only way to help and sustain smile in the teachers is by motivating them.
Am aware that few school proprietors are caring and they have been doing little. But in a place where we have ratio 2 to 100 of such, I guess it is fair to say it is unfair.
I hope to see a positive change from more and plenty of private school proprietors and proprietresses.

Thank you.

OLAJOBI OLAOLUWA ABAYOMI (OLAJOBI-ARA)
olajobiara@yahoo.com
08094517102