| ONI URGES DISCIPLINE AMONG TECAHERS, STUDENTS |
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| Written by Lere Olayinka | |
| Monday, 11 January 2010 | |
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Ekiti State Governor, Engr Segun Oni has called for greater discipline among teachers and students in the nation’s secondary schools as part of efforts to stem the tide of mass failure in public examinations.
In a statement signed
by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre,
Governor Oni, while addressing the Annual General Meeting of the
principals of Federal Unity Colleges in Minna, the Niger State capital
said drastic measures should be taken to save the nation’s education
system from collapse.He identified indiscipline among teachers and students as a major factor responsible for poor academic performance of secondary school students in public examinations, adding that principals should be given more powers to enable them salvage their various schools by ensuring proper control, supervision and discipline of erring teachers and students. Oni, who also suggested that school principals should also be involved in the admission of students in their various schools urged principals to see themselves as proprietors of their various schools, stressing that they should be held liable for any lapses in their schools. He urged principals and teachers of public schools to redouble their efforts adding that it was sad that results of private schools were better than public schools in spite of the fact that teachers of public schools were better remunerated, better motivated and better qualified than their colleagues in private schools. The Governor advised the Federal Government to support the principals through the Federal Ministry of Education in instilling discipline in teachers and students as being planned in Ekiti State. Oni, who noted that parents also have a major role in the education of their children said parents and guardians should ensure that their children and wards are submissive to the trainings of their teachers and principals. He tasked those in charge of pedagogy to device new techniques of teaching adding that satellite television, video games and other negative influences were distracting students in their studies Also expressing worry over the poor academic performances of students of the nation’s secondary schools in public examinations , Niger State Governor , Alhaji Babangida Aliyu and Oyo State Governor, Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala who were present at the meeting said secondary school principals should be more alive to their responsibilities. It will be recalled that Governor Segun Oni held a similar meeting with school principals in Ekiti State in December, 2009 following the release of the May/June 2009 SSS results in which only about 1,200 out of the 4,000 students who sat for the examinations in state -owned public schools in the state had credit passes in five subjects including English and Mathematics. |
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