Education
NUT Appeals For Release Of Promotion Arrears
The iIgerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Rivers State Chapter, has appealed to the Rivers State Government to release teachers’ promotion and implementation of arrears of 2009 and 2010.
The NUT decried a situation whereby teachers’ promotion are delayed for quite number of years in the state.
The Chairman of the Union, Comrade Moses Adiela, who made the appeal in an exclusive interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt, said that even those promoted remain on the same grade levels and steps for several years.
The NUT boss, however, said that the teachers in the state receive their salaries as at when due unlike in the past when salaries were delayed for months.
He described the working environment for teachers in the state as conducive and lauded the state Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi, for creating peaceful working atmosphere for teachers especially in payment of salaries. “I know that when the classrooms in the new model secondary schools are fully equipped and commissioned, no teacher will complain of unconducive environment”, Comrade Adiela emphasised.
Also, he commended the state government for the just –concluded training and re-training of teachers and acknowledged that the National Teachers’ Institute (NUT), is complementing the efforts of the government in re-training of teachers in the state.
On the 2011 World Teachers’ Day Celebration entitled: “Teaching for Gender Equality”, Comrade Adiela, said that the theme for this year’s celebration was chosen by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), adding that NUT in the state is also championing crusade on gender equality.
He expressed happiness that President Goodluck Jonathan has equally addressed the issue of gender equality with the appointment of 35 per cent of women in his cabinet.
He urged parents and guardians not to abandone the girl-child pointing out that days have past when the training of female-child was neglected.
He used the opportunity to appeal to the state government to implement the new minimum wage along with the Teachers Salary Structure so as to avoid another agitation by teachers in the state.
Eunice Choko-Kayode
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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