Enugu sacks 10 teachers, seizes salaries of 500 others

The Enugu State Government has reportedly sacked 10 secondary school teachers and suspended about 200 others for alleged misconduct.

Another 500 teachers have also had their salaries withheld as disciplinary measures to make the system functional according to report.

The Post Primary School Management Board Chairman, Mr. Nestor Ezeme, disclosed this yesterday when the State Assembly House Committee on Education paid him a visit.

Ezeme told the committee members that when the incumbent administration came into office, there was rot in the educational system and the board had to intensify efforts in supervision and monitoring of teachers.

He said “Part of our job is supervision of schools, discipline of teachers and students, payment of their salaries, among others. Our main duty, however, is supervision and we go for that three times a week. We visit schools unannounced and take the teachers and principals by surprise."

He also added that this has yield results as some teacjher who has been in school for 2 weeks. “It has yielded results. We saw teachers that have not been in school for two weeks.“In some cases, the principal will make arrangements whereby some teachers come on Monday, others on Tuesday and so on. But we have changed all that now,” he explained.