Despite the threat by the Ekiti State Government to fire teachers who reject rural postings, fresh complaints have poured in from the communities that the practice is still endemic.
The Omu and Ijelu Ekiti communities in Oye local government area of Ekiti State have particularly lamented the paucity of teachers in their primary and secondary schools, as those posted to the towns sought immediate redeployment. However, in February, the State Universal Basic Education Board disclosed that it had uncovered the practice of teachers rejecting postings to rural communities and would henceforth sanction such erring employees.
It was gathered that some of the teachers often worked their postings back to areas of their choice afterward, denying rural communities of adequate teachers.The teachers often complain of difficult terrains and inaccessible villages as the reasons for their actions.On Tuesday, the two Ekiti communities revealed that they were suffering a lack of teachers as those posted to the area continued to reject the postings.
The communities called on the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, to look into the crisis and make adequate corrections for the sake of their future.