Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has approved appointment letters, stipends and salaries for all categories of teachers recently recruited in the state.

Executive Chairman of Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Ozavize Salami, announced this on Friday at the graduation event of pedagogically trained teachers and head teachers in the state.

According to her, 232 junior secondary school principals, 744 junior secondary school teachers, 148 head teachers and 1,358 EdoSTAR fellows are graduated after the training, to teach in progressive schools and junior secondary schools in the state.

While EdoSTAR stands for Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Result, progressive schools are schools in riverine, rural and hard-to-reach communities.

Mrs Salami noted that the state had designed and was implementing a robust school supervisory system to facilitate on the spot teachers support and routine teachers professional development.

The SUBEB boss said the era of teachers not being trained or upskilled for 15 years was definitely over in the state because children would have to perform better.

In his address, Mr Obaseki said his administration was recruiting young, professional and aspiring people as a response to the teachers gap in the state.

The governor described teachers as the most valuable resource in delivery of public service basic education, and commended teachers in the state for their efforts to meet international best practice.

He charged the EdoSTAR fellows to work hard during their three years of fellowship, assuring the committed ones of their absorption into the public service.

(NAN)