Ekiti 2018: Bejide promises better deal for teachers

Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Ambassador Dare Bejide has promised to defend the rights of teachers, if elected as governor.

He urged government at all levels to ensure that the primacy of education is given priority.

Bejide, stated this in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, through the Director General of his campaign organization, Dr. Kunle Folayan, while speaking with some teachers.

According to him, Nigeria should learn from the experience of developed countries where the remuneration of teachers towers above other professions.

He said: “An instructive experience was that of Germany where President Angela Merkel recently rebuffed agitations of top public servants for higher wages than what teachers earn, by saying she would not pay them salaries higher than those of the teachers who taught them in school.

“Research has shown that teachers are the most important school-based factor in determining student achievement. Comprehensive teacher effectiveness reform must include bringing accountability to teacher preparation.”

Bejide said that teachers in the state would enjoy better support from his government, if voted into power, because teachers are important in the development of the society.

The aspirant attributed inability to pay salaries across the country to age-long reliance on proceeds from oil revenue and thereby promising a better days ahead in the state as his government would improve internally generated revenue.

Bejide however, called on the federal government to look at the challenges facing teachers from a national perspective in order to get the required attention in proffering solutions to the problems.

The leader of the teachers group,  expressed concern over the current economic challenges, saying that workers and teachers in particular are the worst hit by the present economic crisis.

He urged the Federal Government to take over the responsibilities of funding primary education as the finance of the local government is over-burdened and cannot cope with such responsibilities.

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