plateau sacks 747 teachers

Speaking further, Sule  added that those who had attained the maximum number of years of public service were also retired, while explaining in respect  of the 141 teachers recalled, said they had met the requirements laid down by government.

Penpushing recalled that, the immediate past administration of former Governor Jonah Jang, shortly before leaving office, sacked over 4000 primary school teachers it found not to have the basic qualifications to teach.

The State Universal Basic Education, Chairman  also revealed that there was an urgent need to employ new teachers to fill the vacancies created by retirements and to enable public schools to have teachers for all subjects.