The abrogation of the Youth Empowerment Scheme by the Edo State Government has been condemned by the state’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS.
The union, however, commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole for “surpassing the billing of critics and admirers in governance” as well as prompt payment of tutors’ salaries.
The union, stated this in a communique issued at the end of an emergency Central Working Committee, CWC, meeting in Benin, the state capital.
ASUSS observed that the YES teachers who before now served in some junior and some secondary schools in the state constituted an apt interventionist palliative to the obvious dearth of teachers in the school system.
The union also explained that whereas their injection into the school system still left a great need for more teachers to be employed and fill the existing vacancies, the exit of the YES teachers from schools following scrapping of the scheme was a deadly blow to the already near unmanageable teaching situations in secondary schools.
“What is more, the withdrawal of these teachers at the middle of the term, such as we are now may possibly destabilise the school curricular and this is not in the best interest of the students”, the union added.
“As a result of the foregoing, ASUSS wish to passionately appeal to the Comrade Governor to further demonstrate his love for students in particular and education industry in general by exempting YES teachers from the scrap order.”
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