HEADTEACHER URGES EQUITABLE TEACHER DISTRIBUTION IN ANAMBRA SCHOOLS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

 Headteacher Urges Equitable Teacher Distribution in Anambra Schools

By David Okpala/Stella Okpala

The Headteacher of Central School, Akpo, Mrs Angela Dimnwanze, has commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s efforts to improve education in Anambra, urging the government to ensure equitable distribution of teachers across public schools.

Dimnwanze made the call while interacting with Information Officers in her office on Oct. 12, following the governor’s directive to recruit additional teachers as part of efforts to address manpower shortages in the education sector.

She described the recruitment of 8,115 teachers during the first year of Soludo’s first tenure as a significant intervention in the state’s education system.

“Soludo was wonderful when he recruited 8,115 teachers in the first year of his first tenure. 

It was a feat no other governor had achieved in the history of Nigeria,” she said.

The headteacher, however, noted that challenges remained, particularly in schools facing acute shortages of teaching personnel.

She disclosed that Central School, Akpo, had more than 300 pupils but only five regular teachers, supported by six teachers engaged through the Parents Teachers Association (PTA).

Dimnwanze expressed hope that the ongoing recruitment exercise would provide additional qualified teachers for the school, noting that it did not receive additional teachers during the previous recruitment exercise.

She appealed to the relevant authorities to prioritise public mission schools in the deployment of newly recruited teachers.

The headteacher also called for greater attention to primary education, describing it as the foundation of the education system.

''If we get it wrong at the nursery and primary levels, then we have a faulty educational foundation. It will be difficult to correct the situation at the secondary or tertiary levels,” she said.

While commending the state government’s provision of modern educational facilities, Dimnwanze urged the authorities to ensure that both urban and rural schools benefited from the interventions.

She said equitable distribution of teachers and learning facilities would help address disparities among schools and improve the quality of education across the state.