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'I won't sack any teacher' - Gov. assures

Tambuwal assured that his administration will not sack any teacher but will not hesitate to reassign any teacher that does not have the requisite qualifications to be in the classroom.

Aminu Tambuwal

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that his administration will not sack teachers from the state civil service.

Speaking on Monday, December 28, in Dogon-Daji, Tambuwal Local Government Area, he said the government will however not hesitate to "reassign any teacher that does not have the requisite qualifications to be in the classroom.”

In his address at the annual national congress of the old Boys’ association of his Alma-mater, Government Secondary School, Dogon Daji, the Governor added that his administration will ensure continuous trainign and retraining of teachers.

He said: "Beginning from the next budget, government will ensure continuous training and retraining of teachers to update their knowledge and make them conform to modern teaching techniques.

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“Huge sums of money have been budgeted for that purpose.

“Let me announce it here that we do not plan to retrench any teacher working with the state government.

“In fact we need qualified teachers to address shortfall in numbers.

“What we will not condone in our schools are unqualified teachers who have nothing to offer our children.

“If after giving you the necessary training, we discovered that you do not have the capacity or enthusiasm to teach, we will reassign you to where your expertise if most needed.”

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at the end of the congress, Alhaji Nasiru Idris was elected national President of the association while Abdullahi Muhammed was elected Secretary.

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