Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Ogun state, Dr Felix Agbesanwa tells DAUD OLATUNJI what
the union is doing to address the attacks on teachers by pupils in the state, following the assault on a teacher at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state by some pupils on July 25, 2023is your reaction to the reported assault of a public schoolteacher in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State by pupils for stopping one of them from cheating in an...
It appears the unwholesome behaviour by pupils has persisted, despite efforts by your union to stop it. What has the state government failed to do to make teachers get the respect they deserve? Some stakeholders believe that teachers are partly responsible for the behaviour of pupils through the way they interact with them. Is this something you are aware of?
We are worried about the shortage of teachers. I say it anytime we meet with the government. We are appealing to them to help us recruit more teachers. Teachers are retiring and leaving the system. Some have died yet the workload is increasing. What we want is the employment of more hands and the government has promised us that the Ogun interns it employed as teachers two years ago will be given permanent employment in September.
Do you know that some teachers now sleep in their schools, so that they can meet up with the needs of the system? Some trek to schools. Some, to avoid being sanctioned for lateness to work, have turned their vehicles to a living room. They park their vehicles in the school. This is where we found ourselves. So, our appeal to the government is this: they should consider what organised labour has told them about the minimum wage policy.
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