Non-implementation of harmonised retirement age for teachers demoralising -ASUSS

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) says the non-implementation of the harmonised status property for teachers by immoderate authorities governors is demoralising.

Mr Sola Adigun, ASUSS National President, successful a connection connected Friday successful Osogbo, said that astir 16 states were yet to instrumentality the caller status property for teachers successful the country.

The precocious erstwhile President Muhammad Buhari announced the caller status property for teachers connected World Teachers’ Day successful 2020.

Subsequently, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the measure successful January 2021, which was transmitted to the National Assembly successful June 2021.

Section 1 of the Act states that Nigerian teachers shall compulsorily discontinue connected attainment of 65 years of property oregon 40 years of pensionable service, whichever came first.

Adigun, however, said that the nonaccomplishment of immoderate authorities governors to instrumentality the caller status property undermined collaboration among stakeholders for prime secondary acquisition successful the country.

He said the 2025 World Teachers’ Day, with the taxable “Recasting Teaching arsenic a Collaborative Profession,” underscored the urgent request for unity successful tackling challenges successful the acquisition sector.

The nationalist president emphasised the urgent request for stakeholders successful the acquisition assemblage to combat challenges specified arsenic introspection malpractice, mediocre welfare, decaying infrastructure, insecurity, and others successful schools.

Adigun besides called connected states that were yet to found Senior Secondary Education Boards to bash truthful urgently by recruiting much qualified teachers and ensuring teachers’ payment were protected.

He commended the inclusion of representatives of the national successful the expanded Governing Council of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) by the Federal Ministry of Education, describing it arsenic commendable.

Adigun besides commended the tuition-free Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme by the Federal Government, which helium described arsenic a exemplary of effectual concern betwixt argumentation and practice.

The ASUSS brag further commended Ekiti and Bayelsa for pioneering tuition-free method education.

He, however, called for the merchandise of the union’s certificate, which helium said had been withheld for the past 17 years.

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