Resign if You Can’t Work in Rural Areas, Ekiti Government Tells Teachers

Ekiti State Government, has declared it would henceforth ask public primary school teachers who refuse postings to rural areas to tender their resignation.

The Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Chairman, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, said this while flagging off a five-day training programme for primary schools’ Quality Assurance Officers held at the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort Centre, Ikogosi in Ekiti West Local Council of the state.

“We don’t have teachers in rural areas while they are in surplus in our cities, particularly Ado-Ekiti. This lopsidedness is a major problem and we have to embark on teachers’ redistribution. If we don’t use a radical approach, we won’t go far.

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“We have teachers that are sufficient in primary schools, but the question to ask is, have those teachers in the villages committed crime?

“The new policy now is either they honour the postings we are going to do or they tender their resignation. Some believe they can influence, but in this exercise, we are going to transfer those who thought they are untouchable.”