The Delegate for Secondary Education Manyu, Apah Johnson urged teachers to fill the gap in the just ended academic year. In an exclusive chat with the Median Newspaper recently, the Delegate said the teaching staff strength was better in seven of the eight schools. He noted that the problem is not scarcity of teachers but the refusal of some fresh teachers to serve in rural areas.

Apart from the refusal phenomenon, the Delegate recalled that some teachers seek transfers to schools in urban towns as soon as they are posted. A third point in support of the refusals action Mr. Apah noted is file chasing by some newly recruited teachers.

To curb the trend of salary chasing, the Delegate called on parents, host communities and principals to lend a hand to support the affected teachers. He said that in due course the state would make it mandatory that graduating teachers serve in rural areas first to serve for sometime before applying to be sent to urban areas.

Asked to compare the workload in his former position as principal of G.S.S Kajifu and now as Delegate for secondary Education he said the tasks are basically the same except that as a Delegate the school community is larger to manage.

He said Manyu Division now has sixty-seven recognized colleges meaning the school enrollment has doubled with bottlenecks for him as Delegate.

In spite of the daunting tasks, he said enough ground was covered to give success in the ongoing General certificate of Education exams at all levels in Manyu Division.

It should be recalled that the new Delegate served as principal of G.S.S Kajifu in Akwaya Sub division for eleven years before picking up the ticket as Divisional Delegate for Secondary Education Manyu.

He regretted that many teachers who have applied to leave Manyu Division with no corresponding incoming applications meaning that the coming new school year may be rough if things continue on the same footing.