"All Teachers Must Be Computer Literate Or They Won't Be Promoted" Anambra State Gov Warns

Through the Commissioner for Education Anambra State, Prof. Kate Omenugha has aired its now mandatory for all teachers in the state to be computer literate, or such teacher should forget about promotion.

The commissioner said though a lot of the teachers have been frowning against this development that would bring improvement in the education sector, but any teacher that fails to acquire the knowledge before January 2016 should forget about being promoted. 

Such teachers will remain where they are, she explained to journalists yesterday in her office.

“There has been misinformation and misconception, with bad blood being generated on the policy of one-teacher-one-computer. When the NCE took the decision in 2012, it was binding on all states and because of the forward-looking nature of the present administration, we decided to implement it.

“When we took over, the state government evolved a blueprint on the implementation of the one-teacher-one-laptop policy and by January 2016, every teacher in the state must be computer literate, otherwise there will be no promotion for non-computer literate teachers.

“Similarly, any new teacher to be employed in the state must be computer literate. What we promised Anambra State people is to give our children an education that is competitive and no pupil can rise above his teacher that is not computer literate, a situation we do not want.

“We made it clear that teachers should key in into the program voluntarily. It is not mandatory, contrary to what many people are insinuating. We know that making changes often come with resistance, but this is one change that is important for the future of education in our state,” she said.