Teachers in the employ of Ondo State Government will no longer enjoy automatic promotion from next academic session.
Their promotion will be based on academic performances of the pupils.
Besides, the state government announced stiffer penalties for teachers, who abscond from duties.
Chairman of State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Victor Olabimtan, stated this in Akure at an interactive session with education secretaries from the 18 local governments.
He said there would be improved monitoring and supervision of academic activities in schools.
The SUBEB boss said the measures were to enhance better performance of pupils of public schools.
He said the level of performance of the pupils was worrisome despite provision of an enabling environment for good performance.
Olabimtan said: “Consequently from next year, no teacher will be promoted to the next grade level, especially from 13 and above without empirical evidence that the pupils under him or her perform very well in their examinations.
“The current level of performance of pupils in public primary schools can be attributed to lack of discipline, dedication, truancy and nonchalant attitude on the part of some teachers.”
“There is credible information that some teachers come to school at will, while others do not come at all but employ someone else to do their jobs, while engaging in other activities at the detriment of pupils under their care.”
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