THE Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board
(SUBEB) has sacked 11 teachers in Biase Local Government Area of the state, who
had no requisite educational qualifications.
SUBEB board chairman, Dr Stephen Odey disclosed this
during teachers’ verification and promotion exercise in Biase Local Government
Area.
Odey, who said the sacked teachers were not qualified to
teach, however, gave them an option of working as security guards.
He said, “you have no business being in the teaching
profession without the requisite qualification, you cannot give what you do not
have. If you want to become a teacher, do the right thing by going to school to
read and qualify for the job.”
“Your services will henceforth be needed in the area of
tackling insecurity challenges being faced by the school.”
The board chairman expressed worry over decline in the
number of pupils enrolled in public primary schools, which he said, was caused
by the fallen standard of basic education in the state.
Odey said, “Gone are the days, when teachers were highly
respected in the society, not now that we are struggling to get respect. The
reason is due to the influx of un-qualified people who have found their ways in
to the system.”
He stated that it was on such premise that most parents
were withdrawing their wards from public schools to private schools which were
not better equipped than the public ones.
The SUBEB boss charged teachers in the state to live up
to their responsibilities, by making use of available resources to improve
standard of education in the country.
On the irregularities in payment of teachers’ salaries,
he said “SUBEB has not taken over payment of salaries yet, the local government
is still responsible for that. When we eventually take over payment of your
salaries, you will not have any cause to complain.”
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