SEB conducts staff emolument verification in FCT schools

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Secondary Education Board (SEB) has conducted its staff emolument verification exercise in the public senior secondary schools across the six Area Councils of the Territory, as part of effort to ensure staff remain committed and productive with improved academic performance of the students in the teaching and learning system.

Explaining the exercise, SEB Director, Dr. Sani Mohammed Ladan, said it is another initiative the Board decided to embark upon, in order to verify the staff’s presence on the field and credibility at their various

Schools of primary assignment.

Ladan added that the on the spot assessment verification is valuable tool for background checks of staff both in the city and rural areas where the Senior Secondary Schools are located to avoid some lapses such as abscondment and issues of Ghost workers who received monthly salaries and allowances but are not on ground physically to render the teaching services they have been employed for.

A statement from Deputy Director & Head, Information/ Public Relations Unit Education Secretariat, Kabiru Musa, revealed that the Director, who visited schools in the Bwari Area Council, explained that the verification procedures involve thorough checks of correct filling of the emolument forms with particular attention to the Tax Identification Number (TIN), national housing scheme Identification, contributory pension pin number and staff attendance records for punctuality and efficiency on the Job.

He added that the verification exercise will help the Board to know the appropriate data of teaching and non teaching Staff in Schools for proper planning and avoid wasted resources,time and the wrong person on the teaching job as the teaching job is an organized profession with ethical values guiding it’s operations.

Accorfing to him, orientation exercise for both old and new staff will soon commence to help them in the discharge of their duties while assess the fundamentals of staff.

He reminded the staff of their responsibility as a Teacher and role model urging them to continue to add values to the teaching system by impacting positive knowledge and moulding the Students in their custody for a brighter future.

He however, warned them against nonchalant and irresponsible attitudes or encouraging negative vices among the students as anyone caught will be sanction.