Lawyer urges govt to pay teachers ‘special’ salary to revive public schools

Mr Jimoh Abdulrasaq, Ilorin based legal practitioner, has called on the Federal Government to place teachers in public schools on a special salary structure to improve the quality of their service.

Abdulrasaq said in Ilorin that the rot was due to the neglect of the teachers who are the drivers of the system in terms of remuneration.

He said placing teachers on special salary structure would motivate them to put more into the job.

“Our public schools have been turned into markets of sorts where buying and selling take place unchecked leaving the students and pupils unattended to.

“How does one expect a teacher that has not been paid for months to have time for his students, even when the peanuts he is paid is often denied him.

“It will be wrong to expect any public school teacher to concentrate and be dedicated when there is nothing to show for it at the end of the month,’’ he said.