Plateau State Government through its Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Tuesday sacked 2,000 Grade II teachers from its workforce. Mrs Lyop Mang who is the Chairperson of the board told newsmen in Jos that the affected teachers failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education (NCE).

“They had to go because they failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education (NCE), being the minimum requirement for teachers in primary school nationwide. “They were among the 7,000 teachers that were asked to improve upon their status, but failed to do so five years after they were given the opportunity.

Plateau State Government through its Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Tuesday sacked 2,000 Grade II teachers from its workforce. Mrs Lyop Mang who is the Chairperson of the board told newsmen in Jos that the affected teachers failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education (NCE).

“They had to go because they failed to upgrade their certificates to National Certificate of Education (NCE), being the minimum requirement for teachers in primary school nationwide. “They were among the 7,000 teachers that were asked to improve upon their status, but failed to do so five years after they were given the opportunity.

She said “Government had made up its mind to do away with them. More teachers would follow, as investigation is on-going to fish out all unqualified teachers from schools.” Mang added that investigation by the board showed that some of the teachers were found to have allegedly tendered forged certificates.

The SUBEB boss said “Our investigation revealed that out of 1,299 teachers who claimed to be graduates of the College of Education, Gindiri, only eight of them were found to be on the graduate list. This means that 1,291 of them had no business whatsoever with the college”.

She stated that recruitment has commenced to fill the vacant positions while adding that 6,066 applicants have so far written the exams out of which 3,058 passed the second stage of interview.

by Henry Johnson

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2000 teachers sacked in Plateau