47 Public School Teachers Suffering From Mental Health Issues — Osun Commissioner

Osun State Commissioner for Education, Mr Oladoyin Folorunso has disclosed that 47 teachers across various public schools in the state with mental health problems are undergoing a rehabilitation programme.

He also disclosed that the Ministry of Education in the state has eliminated examination malpractices in public schools across the state.

“We also discovered that 47 active teachers at various schools were suffering from different mental health challenges. Rather than disengaging them, we place them on rehabilitation programme after which two have resumed their duty post.

“We have also discovered great truancy among teachers in the state. During one of the supervision exercise, we discovered that some teachers were no longer leaving in the state but earning salaries. A teacher has relocated abroad for over two years, yet drawing salary on monthly basis. Another is practicing legal profession only to schedule student to come for lessons on weekends.

“We also discovered that a female teacher has relocated to Ogun state and only come around weekends to take classes while another one has been employed as lecturer a federal university, but engaged a surrogate teacher and paying him N10,000”, he added.

By Shina Abubakar

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