The Chairman, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Olorunkemi Semiu Surakat have appealed to the state government to look into the issue of inadequate number of teachers in the schools in their area.
He made the appeal during the inauguration of Prince Bayo Balogun Teachers House in the area.
He praised the new 1,000-capacity hall. He said aside shortage in number of teachers, there was the need for more schools to be built in the fast-developing area.
“When you look at the number of teachers we have in our LGA, they are not enough. Also, the numbers of available schools are unable to serve our children very well as it subject them to stress.
Ibeju-Lekki being the one quarter of Lagos State in size and the schools is widely dispatched within the LGA which is about 20 kilometres in distance to one another . So it is not that we don’t have schools to go but our children have to trek hours before they get to schools.
“In our effort toward supporting existing teachers, we have employed 150 contract teachers that are posted to various schools within the local government. It is not that there is no teacher within the LGA but they are not enough. Let’s say we have about 500 teachers in the LGA but the average number needed is about 800, that simply means we are experiencing a short fall of about 300.
“The local government thinks of what can be done to move close to the standard, this is what made us to employ 150 teachers on contract basis. So, we are still having a shortage of about 150 teachers that will assist us in shaping the future of our children,” he said.
Presenting the keys of Prince Bayo Balogun Teachers House to the National President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Olukoya Alogba, the donor Prince Bayo Balogun described the development as part of the existing relationship he has with the teachers in the council.
Balogun, who is the Commissioner Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission and immediate past local government Chairman of Ibeju-Lekki, said the hall was meant to benefit the community and encourage teachers by way of serving as a source of revenue. Reacting to the issue of shortage of schools within the LGA, Balogun attributed the development to large portion of land inhabitants enjoyed.He said government plans to wade into the matter
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