"USE OF PHONES A GREAT DISTRACTION IN SCHOOLS..." "SOLUDO HAS BROUGHT EVIDENT CHANGE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS"- COMRADE CHUKWUDOZIE. (PHOTO).

 "USE OF PHONES A GREAT DISTRACTION IN SCHOOLS..."

"SOLUDO HAS BROUGHT EVIDENT CHANGE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS" ~Comrade Chukwudozie

Comrade Chika Grace Chukwudozie, Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Anambra State, and the mathematics teacher at Catholic Girls’ Secondary School, Ozubulu, spoke on the various issues surrounding the teaching profession in Nigeria.

She mentioned the use of smartphones in today's secondary school, both public and private, among other issues that teachers face in Nigerian schools.

"Before you get to them, they will switch off the phone. I feel that they may be playing games online, but whatever they’re doing with the phones is distracting them, the major thing there is that they are being distracted. It's not only in public schools, it also happens in private schools." ~She said

When asked about the security in Anambra state schools, Comrade Chukwudozie said;

"I will say that the schools are safe and conducive, and secure too. Our governor is out for public schools. In the past, the buildings were dilapidated; no fence, no chairs, no desks, the teaching materials were not there but now, Governor Chukwuma Soludo is interested in public schools. According to him, he attended a public primary school, public secondary school and a public university; and he knew how things were then. So, he wants to return that glory back to public school because you know these days everybody wants their child to go to either mission school or private school"

"There was a time the public school teachers were not even monitored because the pay was so poor and they were being owed by Mbadinuju, people were just behaving the way they liked. But now, the governor is focusing on public schools. He has rebuilt so many schools; renovated so many schools and teachers recruited are qualified teachers. So, they are being monitored to make sure that they deliver. You heard what happened recently. The best primary school in Nigeria is a public primary school in Woliwo in Anambra State. They took first. Before, where will you hear of such despite all the big private schools in the state? There are so many states that will feel that they are doing better than us but this has shown us that we are on the right track; we are really progressing" She added.