ONE thousand and twenty four teachers in the employment of the Ogun State government have
been suspended by the state’s Universal Basic Education Board.
The suspension followed a screening exercise conducted by a consulting firm employed by the state government to verify the qualification of teachers in the state.
According to a statement issued by the state’s Universal Basic Education board, 6,531 teachers were initially screened of the total 19,154 in the state’s employment.
The suspended teachers were allegedly found with falsified papers, among others.
The consultants verified the teachers’ claims in the form of statements of result and attestation letters from over 50 higher institutions across the country.
A final report submitted to the State Government by the CITC Consulting on Nov. 26, indicated that 475 teachers were suspended for possessing forged certificates and not having their attestation letters confirmed by the institutions they presented.
No fewer than 274 teachers were suspended for not appearing for the screening exercise; 236 for being out rightly unqualified and 12 for exceeding statutory length of service.
The report also indicated that 11 were suspended for age discrepancies, 14 others were discovered to have died while two of the suspended teachers were considered to be impostors.
Ajibola said the suspension took immediate effect pending formal determination of the cases by the panel established in the Office of the Head of Service.
He added that the document was being compiled for presentation to the state Police Command for prosecution.
Ajibola described the exercise as thorough and restated government’s commitment to flush out persons who “are polluting a noble and respected profession”.