Primary school teachers
are being owed eight months salary backlog while secondary school teachers
arreas stand at four months.
There was full
compliance with the directive from the national headquarters of NUT to state
chapters as teachers stayed away from the classroom in some of the public
schools visited within the state capital and its environs.
St Mathias Primary
School and St Jude Secondary School Amarata in Yenagoa were deserted and under
locks on Wednesday.
John Toinpere Bayelsa
chapter Chairman of NUT had said on Tuesday that the directive followed the
expiration of the 30 day ultimatum given by the National Executive Council of
the NUT.
According to Toinpere
directed its chapters in all states owing salary arrears of teachers in the country
which include Bayelsa.
“The lingering issues
prompting the industrial action ranges from nonpayment of seven and a half
months four and a half months salary to primary and secondary schools teachers
respectively.
“Also non augmenting the
salaries of primary school, acute shortage of teachers and schools, inadequate
provision of instructional materials, non promotion of teachers since 2013.
“Non implementation of
promotion from 2015 till date, nonpayment of N18, 000 minimum wage
arrears to teachers in the state, amongst others.
“And until the salary
arrears are paid completely to both the primary and secondary school teachers
we will not resumed work,” he said.
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