Biggest Shocker!! Edo Teacher Can’t Read own Certificate

There was a mild drama yesterday at the centre for the
verification of certificates of primary school teachers in Edo
State as a teacher in Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local
Government Area, Benin City, Mrs. Augusta Odemwinge, could not
read a sworn affidavit she tendered as part of her credentials.
 State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who paid an unscheduled
visit to the state Staff Training Centre venue of the exercise,
was appalled that a teacher could not read her own document,
saying; “If you can’t read, what do you teach the pupils, what do
you write on the board?” State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of
Teachers, NUT, Comrade Patrick Ikosimi, who was also at the
venue to monitor the exercise, said the teacher’s failure to read
her own document was “an embarrassment.”
On arrival at the centre, the governor took time to peruse some of
the teachers’ credentials and documents presented. When Mrs.
Odenwingie took her turn for the exercise, the governor, who
listened to her defense, asked her to read the affidavit she
presented, however, she was stuttering and was unable to read
coherently, reading as if a kindergarten were learning to read, to
the consternation of everybody around.
Comrade Ikosimi, who described Odemwingie failure as an
embarrassment, said the union was in tune with the state
government on the need to sanitise the school system. He said: “We
are committed to partnering with the government to reposition
education in the state.
What this teacher has just displayed is a show of shame; it shows
the decadence in the education sector. “As the chairman of NUT, I
have written to the governor that we are in total support of
what he is doing. He should properly involve the NUT so that
together, we can fish out those that are not viable so as to
sanitise the system,” he said.
It will be recalled that at a televised town hall meeting on education
on August 1, Governor Oshiomhole has disclosed an audit carried
out by the state Information and Communications Technology
Agency showed that 789 out of 1, 379 teachers obtained
Primary School Leaving Certificates before the age of eight or
nine years old. The governor further disclosed that only 1, 287
teachers representing nine per cent of 14, 484 total number of
teachers in the state have accurate and proper records. About 91
per cent have various forms of discrepancies in their records,
according to him.
Meanwhile, three female teachers, Mrs. Patience Osadolor,
Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene, who were kidnapped at
gunpoint in Orhogbua Primary School in Ovia North East Local
Government Area penultimate Tuesday have been released unhurt.
Our correspondent reliably gathered that the kidnappers released
the victims after allegedly receiving N7 million ransom. However,
the payment could not be confirmed from authorities of any of the
security agents in the state even though a family member, who did
not want his name mentioned, confirmed the payment.