The
Commissioner for Education in Ekiti State, Dr. Eniola Ajayi, has said
teachers in the public primary and secondary schools in the the state
will write the Teachers’ Development Need Assessment organised by the
state government.
The commissioner’s comment came barely a
week after the labour unions in the state and the state government
agreed at a meeting that test and examination for workers on grade
levels 01-14 be suspended.
At a ministerial press briefing to
showcase the achievements of her ministry on Thursday in Ekiti, Ajayi
said the administration was committed to raising the standard of
education in the state. She stated that this was the reason for the
renovation of schools and provision of free computer for secondary
schools students.
She said, “The TDNA is a must and we are still going to have that.”
The commissioner said Governor Kayode
Fayemi would not compromise on developing the education sector which
she said was in a mess just because of what the people would say.
Ajayi said the state government had
started computer training for teachers, adding that some measures had
ben introduced to motivate teachers to give their best.
According to her, the state government
will work tirelessly to ensure that the state is rid of examination
malractices. She added that the government had also approved the
building of remedial centres at each of the 16 local governments to
assist students preparing to write examinations.
It will be recalled that the chairman of
the TUC, Mr. Kolawole Olaiya, his NLC counterpart, Mr. Ayodeji Aluko
and the Chairman of the JNC, Mr. Joseph Ajayi, together with the
Commissioner for Labour, Productivity and Human Capital Development, Mr.
Wole Adewumi, and the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Funminiyi
Afuye, announced the suspension of the test while briefing journalists
after a meeting on Saturday.
The JNC chairman said, “ Examination for
levels 1-14 stands suspended by the state government. But from grade
level 15 and above, we heard that they have agreed to write the
examination. Certain things would be put in place before they write the
examination.”
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