Tony Okafor, Awka
The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has pledged to employ more teachers in the state’s school system.
Soludo’s pledge came barely 48 hours after 5000 newly employed teachers in the state were redeployed at the weekend with assurances from the governor that the new teachers would start earning their salaries from December.
The governor said the new set of teachers to be employed would be purely for technology education in the state’s secondary schools.
Stating that education is fundamental to his administration, Soludo said,”For our new Science and Technology Secondary Schools, we will be recruiting more specialized teachers in due course. Our Education Advisory council will commence work next week.
He commended stakeholders in the Anambra education project, especially the parents, teachers, private proprietors, churches, private foundations/individuals that have “adopted” schools, regulatory bodies, the federal government and the donor agencies.
Soludo added, ” We need your greater partnership in the years ahead, as well strive to create the digital tribe. Let me suggest that educating our next generation is our collective responsibility. The Public-Community- Private Partnership (PCPP) is the winning model for the future. Get involved.
“The next time you are in the village, visit the primary and/or secondary school nearest to your home and see in what way you can help. If you can’t adopt the school by way of paying for all the bills, just do something, anything— buy a pencil for a child! If we all do that, every school will, over time, be of global standard.
“Trust me, in your entire life, you may be shocked that investment in that school may turn out to be the most transformative and impactful investment in your life. Let’s get to work! Let’s do it together, and together, we shall create the new world of our dream. Anambra will win.
“Anambra has launched a pilot case in telemedicine; we are mainstreaming “Everything technology and technology everywhere”; a fully focused agenda on sustainable environment is on course.
” We are taking prudence in public finance management to the next level with added transparency and accountability; our pensioners are now being paid their gratuity as at when due, and our workers continue to receive their salary alert every 25th of the month, etc.
“Despite the approval by the House of Assembly for us to borrow to finance this year’s budget, we still have not borrowed one kobo to date. We are totally committed to prudence with transformation and at all times to ensure sustainable public finance.
“About 5000 youths are undergoing intensive business and skill enhancement program under our “One Youth, One Skill Program” and billions of Naira earmarked for their empowerment early next year. Over 2,000 youths have been employed in various security and enforcement assignments, etc, etc. Anambra is truly on the move.”
