The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has justified the sacking of 1,000 teachers in the state from their appointments with the state government.
According to him, the dismissal was necessary as they were employed in a hazy manner.
Soludo made the justification in a statement signed by Chris Aburime, his Press Secretary, and said that no qualified teacher was sacked by the government.
He stated that the affected teachers thereby remained unqualified for the job.
According to Soludo, the termination of the appointments was in line with the effort of his administration at aligning the education sector with standard practice.
The statement read: “the attention of the Governor has been drawn to publications on protest by Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) teachers, purportedly converted to permanent staff in Anambra schools.
“The protesters, who barricaded the entrance of the state House of Assembly, displayed placards with various inscriptions, claiming to have been engaged by the state government before the termination of their jobs.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no qualified teacher in the state’s school system has been relieved of his/her appointment.
“The affected PTA teachers who were “converted” to the school system in the last days of the last administration in irregular, hazy circumstances.
“They were only asked to regularise their employment with the government by taking part in the online teachers’ recruitment test.
“The idea is to ensure that only those with requisite qualifications, proven capacity, and commensurate experiences are recruited into the system.
“At all times, Prof. Soludo means well for the good people of Anambra State and will stop at nothing in giving them the best, education inclusive.”
Some of the affected teachers disclosed they were duly employed and given appointment letters by the last administration in November 2021 but were laid off in April 2022.
According to them, they had served in the Anambra education school system for between two and seven years as Parents/Teachers’ Association (PTA) teachers.
Also, they said if they could be employed in that capacity, they should be worthy of regularised employment.
The dismissed teachers said it was unfair to sack them unceremoniously after working for seven months without pay and asked the governor to kindly reinstate them.
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