Opinion
Kudos To Amaechi On Teachers’ Recruitment
It is an undeniable axiom that education is enlightenment. As the saying goes, if education is costly, try ignorance. At the same time, education is sine qua non to development. For any human society to develop, there must be a corresponding investment in the education of the citizens. On this premise, therefore, any government that invests in education is laying a solid foundation. No amount of money invested in education is wasted.
It is against this backdrop I commend the Rivers State Government for its recent recruitment of teachers into the various primary and secondary schools in the state. Worthy of commendation is the fact that the State government did not limit the recruitment exercise to Rivers indigenes alone. It extends the opportunities to all qualified Nigerians, irrespective of their states of origin.
Teaching profession is an enviable calling predicated on the development of intellects and human advancement. The nobility of this profession is so elastic and indispensable to human race that it will be better appreciated when condensed into a phrase, ‘teachers of men’. Inherent in this is the acquisition of knowledge from ‘superior persons. It is a very serious business that must not be left in the hands of charlatans and quacks.
To this end, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has ensured that favouritism and nepotism are relegated in the recruitment exercise by ensuring that the best brains are recruited on merit via aptitude test. This is a welcome development. Those who condemn this, do not mean well for the State.
I am very optimistic that a high sense of transparency will be recorded in this recruitment exercise. This could be deduced in the appointment of the current chief executive in the education sector.
For instance, the appointment of a one time Commissioner for Education in Rivers State and a former lecturer, Hon. Allwell Onyeso as Chairman, Post Primary Schools Board speaks volume of Governor Amaechi’s determination and vision to save the public schools from total collapse. Suffice to say that Honourable Allwell Onyeso, having served as a commissioner for education and lecturer for many years, is well experienced and capable to stir the wheel of education in Rivers State to a reasonable standard.
Before now, Amaechi had embarked on the construction of modern primary and secondary schools across the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State so as to enable the students study under a conducive atmosphere.
However, I am of the view that something should also be done to allay the fears of those who applied for the non-academic category. Up till now, nothing has been said about them. They too deserve to be considered in the on-going recruitment exercise so as to reduce the level of unemployment in the State.
Irogbu is a Student of Mass Communication, RSUST, Port Harcourt.
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