Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has promised a better deal for Ekiti teachers.
The governor gave assurance during the commemoration of the 2021 edition of World Teachers’ Day pledged to continuously motivate teachers in the state to enhance excellence.
The high point of the ceremony was the presentations of cars, computers, cash and other gift items to teachers adjudged the best in primary, secondary and technical schools in the state.
He said his administration would continue to improve on the condition of service of the teachers in order to ensure that all schools in the State have qualified and highly motivated teachers.
Dr Fayemi, reiterated the commitment of his administration to the provision of needed technological tools to enhance digital literacy, which would allow teachers cope with the alternative platform anchored on technology.
He maintained that despite the need for technology to support teaching and learning, there was need for more human and student-centred approaches to the use of technology and artificial intelligence in education.
The Governor stated this just as the Ekiti Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Emmanuel Oke and Ekiti Chairman of the Academic Staff of Union of Secondary Schools, Mr Sola Adigun in their different presentations, lauded the Fayemi administration for its huge investment in the education sector.
They commended the Governor for regular payment of salaries of teachers; introduction of compulsory, free and quality education for primary and secondary school students; distribution of furniture to schools; car and housing loans for teachers, a hundred percent increase into the budgetary allocation for the payment of gratuities for retired teachers; provision of instructional materials and establishment of four new model schools to address overcrowding in some schools.