By Olasunkanmi Akoni
LAGOS— As part of measures
to improve teachers’ welfare
in Lagos State, the state
government has released 10
million to Teachers’
Establishments and Pensions,
TEPO, for teachers’ car
refurbishment loan in all the
six education districts in the
state.
Permanent Secretary of TEPO,
Mrs. Mojirola Bola-Sadipe,
who disclosed this, said the
gesture would go a long way
in boosting the morale of
teachers, which in turn,
would enhance the
performance of students.
The Permanent Secretary
reiterated government’s
commitment to teachers’
capacity building in state
secondary schools, stressing
that the agency had
proposed training for about
11,000 teachers for 2012 as
against 8,000 in 2011.
She noted that about 21
French teachers were
sponsored toLome, Togo in
2011 for French language
proficiency while 200 others
would in 2012 be trained in
Applied Linguistics at the
Teachers’ Resource Centre,
Owutu, Ikorodu.
According to her, the
essence of training and
retraining of teachers was to
improve service delivery so
that the students could
perform better in SSSCE and
NECO examinations.
The Permanent Secretary
lamented the dismal
performance of students in
the last SSSCE results in Lagos
State, saying the
performance did not justify
government’s investment on
teachers’ development.
She said all hands must be
on deck for improved
performance and noted that
a new Curriculum from
Federal Government was out,
urging teachers in the state
secondary schools to ensure
that their subject contents
covered the new curriculum.
She noted that the
administration of Governor
Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN)
was aware of the challenges
facing the education sector
in the State and advised
teachers to put in their best
so that the Sector could
attain its peak, adding that
the State government has
plans to recruit more
qualified and professional
teachers in year 2012 as
there are a lot of vacancies to
be filled

more teachers will need soon and mind u i do prefer teaching to being a cashier in a bank