Edo teachers refuse to resume in defiance of court order
Teachers in public primary schools in Edo have defied a National Industrial Court order restraining them from a strike. For a second day after.
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Tue Feb 02 2021
Teachers in public primary schools in Edo have defied a National Industrial Court order restraining them from a strike.
For a second day after schools resumed in the state, teachers under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Teachers have stayed away from class.
The National Industrial Court sitting in Benin City had on Monday in a suit filed by the State Government and the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) restrained NUT from proceeding on any strike in primary schools across the state.
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Edo teachers shun schools despite restraining court order
The strike called by the NUT in Edo has disrupted resumption of public primary schools in the state. 3 min read
Primary school teachers in Edo State on Monday stayed away from public schools as directed by the the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in the state, despite a restraining court order.
The Edo State Government on Monday secured the restraining order from the National Industrial Court in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The teachers are on an indefinite strike over what they described as “the state government’s failure to meet its 10-point age-long demands.”
By Ozioruva Aliu
PRIMARY school teachers in Edo state Monday defied the state government directive to resume schools today as they stayed away on the directive of state chapter of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).
A visit to some public primary schools across the state showed that there were no academic activities.
But some staff of the local government education authority and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) were sighted addressing pupils in some schools.
In Ogbe Primary school, the gate of the school was initially shut and some pupils were loitering around the area until men of the Public Works Volunteer (PUWOV) came and forced the gate open to allow pupils into the empty premises. The pupils present about twenty were led to a classroom by an official said to have come from the local government education authority .
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