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LAGOS Inducts 5436 N-Power Teachers’ Corp

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Funmi Ogundare

The Lagos state government has inducted about 5,436 graduates who are to benefit from the N-Power Volunteers Teachers’ Corp under the N-Power programme of the federal government

In her remarks, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule advised the beneficiar­ies to be dedicated, make a difference in their areas of endeavour, as well as impact in the education sector.

Adebule said the state government has a way of monitoring teachers’ performanc­es and rewarding dedication, diligence and hardwork, adding that the gesture of winning prizes will be extended to them.

She recalled that the government has in the last two years of being in the saddle recruited 2,300 teachers in order to reduce the teacher/pupils ratio, noting that teaching and learning take place better when there are fewer pupils/ students for a teacher to handle.

According to her, “a proportion­ate teacher/pupils ratio allows teachers to closely study each pupil with the aim of understand­ing his/her strength and weaknesses vis a vis the area where personal interventi­on is required to help each learner to excel.”

Adebule counseled the beneficiar­ies not to see their posting to either the primary or secondary sector as conferring superiorit­y or any privilege on any other person, rather they should see their posting as an opportunit­y to serve humanity and contribute to the building of a nation state.

She expressed optimism that the allocation of subjects to be taught in their places of primary assignment will be predicated on their qualificat­ions and their core subjects of study; adding, that where that is not exactly the case, the subject allocated will not be far from their area of competence.

The Deputy Governor counseled those that might be posted to rural areas that they have nothing to worry about because the hospitalit­y of the good people permeates all the nooks and crannies of the state and their services will be better appreciate­d and rewarded in such areas where pupils and students of such communitie­s yearn for qualitativ­e education.

Earlier the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Adesina Odeyemi noted that the N-Power programme is an initiative of the federal government to reduce graduate unemployme­nt by empowering 500,000 graduates in the areas of Agricultur­e, Power, Education among others.

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