{"id":17987,"date":"2025-10-08T14:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phmundial.com\/?p=17987"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:20:35","slug":"educationist-urges-govt-on-teachers-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/2025\/10\/08\/educationist-urges-govt-on-teachers-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Educationist Urges Govt on Teachers\u2019 Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By: Mandy Willy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u200eA stakeholder in the education sector and retired Director of Education in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Reginald Osigbo, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve welfare packages for teachers across the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eSpeaking in an interview with our correspondent, Osigbo decried the persistent neglect of teachers\u2019 welfare and wellbeing despite their indispensable role in shaping the nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eHe described teachers as the unsung builders of the nation, emphasizing that their contributions to human development and national progress often go unrecognized.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200e\u201cTeachers remain the pivot on which the curriculum, educational policies, and developmental programmes revolve. Every day, from as early as 8 a.m. till late in the afternoon, they nurture, guide, and mentor children entrusted to their care, shaping their intellect and character in line with national standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eAccording to him, children who come to school without early childhood training or basic developmental foundations are molded by teachers into confident, competent, and globally competitive individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200e\u201cThe popular saying, \u2018If you can read and write, thank your teacher,\u2019 remains true. Teachers produce every other profession doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, and even policymakers. Yet, they remain some of the most underappreciated professionals in the country,\u201d Osigbo added.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eHe decried the disparity between teachers\u2019 pay and that of other public officials, noting that many local government councillors earn far more than educators. Many serving and retired teachers, he said, are poorly remunerated and lack incentives for optimal performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eStakeholders are therefore calling for improved welfare packages, including better salaries, housing schemes, car loans, free medical services, conducive teaching environments, and continuous professional development. They also advocate strict supervision in schools, removal of unqualified personnel, and recognition of outstanding teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eBeyond basic and secondary education, Osigbo noted that Nigerian universities also face similar challenges, with overcrowded lecture halls, poor infrastructure, and low lecturer remuneration affecting academic productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u200eHe urged the government to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete action to prioritize teachers\u2019 welfare and the education sector at large for, as experts often say, no nation can rise above the quality of its teachers and education system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Mandy Willy &nbsp; \u200eA stakeholder in the education sector and retired Director of Education in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Reginald Osigbo, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve welfare packages for teachers across the country. \u200e \u200eSpeaking in an interview with our correspondent, Osigbo decried the persistent neglect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[515,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}