The Enugu State government has sacked 10 secondary school teachers and suspended about 200 others for alleged misconduct .
Another 500 teachers have also had their salaries seized as a disciplinary measure to make the system functional.
The Chairman , Post Primary School Management Board , Mr Nestor Ezeme, who disclosed this on Wednesday when the state Assembly House Committee on Education paid him a visit .
He told the committee members that when the present administration took over , there was rot in the educational system but the board had to intensify efforts in supervision and monitoring of teachers .
“ Part of our job is supervision of schools , discipline of teachers and students , payment of their salaries among others. Our main duty , however , is supervision and we go for that three times a week. We visit schools unannounced and take the teachers and principals by surprise .
“ It has yielded results . When we came in , it was as if the system wasn ’ t running . A lot of teachers developed phobia for classroom . You would see teachers that had not been in school for two weeks . In some cases, the principal would make arrangements where some teachers would come on Monday , others on Tuesday and so on . But we have changed all that now , ” he explained .
He added, “ PPSMB is a very busy place with 10 , 800 staff both tutorial and non tutorial . It’ s a place you have to be on your toes 24 hours with over 292 secondary schools spread across the six education zones of the state . ”
He listed the zones to include Obollo- Affor Zone , Nsukka , Enugu , Awgu and Agbani zones with a student population of over 105 , 000 students .
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