Wednesday 15 March 2017

10 Teachers in Ebonyi lose March salary due to absentism and lateness


Not less 10 public school teachers in Ebonyi state are to lose their March salaries for coming late and being absent from work.

The Chairman of the Ebonyi State Universal Basic Education Board, Chief Hyacinth Ikpo, made the announcement on Wednesday in Abakaliki while addressing newsmen after making unexpected visits to some schools.

Ikpo stated that some of the teachers were late while others were absent in their various schools when the team visited, saying that the government would not tolerate truancy and non-challanct behaviour on the part of the school teachers in the state.

He said that absenteeism and lateness by any government official without permission from the appropriate quarters is seen to be a serious breach of civil service rules. He said that all affected teachers would forfeit their March salaries, to serve as a warning to other teachers in the state.

He directed the head teachers in the affected schools to issue queries to the affected teachers. "The official time for resumption of duty is 8 a.m. and it is sad to see some of these teachers coming to school by 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. We are saying that the action is not acceptable to government. "We were in some schools as early as 7:30 a.m. and we cannot tolerate the act of some people attending to their private businesses only to come to work when they feel it is convenient for them.

"The behaviour is tantamount to truncating the efforts of the present adminitration to reposition the civil service as well as the education sector. "There is a sanction for every offence under the state's civil service and accordingly, all teachers found to have contravened the ruls will lose their March salaries in addition to receiving queries. 

"We are going to forward their names to payroll for appropriate action."  Ikpo also pleaded with the parents and guardians of the children and wards to always release them on time for schools, as pupils that come late will be purnished.

The Chairman commended Gov. Dave Umahi for the efforts made to train teachers and better equip the schools. He also appealed for the collaboration between the board and stakeholders to move the education sector forward.   

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