Lagos Demotes Principals, Others for various offences

No fewer than nine teaching staff of public
secondary schools in Lagos State, including
four principals, three vice-principals and two
class teachers, have been sanctioned with
various punishments ranging from demotion,
transfer, deferment of promotion and stern warning for contravening approved promotion
criteria for public secondary schools and
mutilation of students report cards. A statement on Monday by the state Ministry
of Education explained that the decision to
punish the teachers was taken after an
emergency Personnel Board Meeting of the
Education District III, Falomo and was meant to
serve as deterrent to others who might flout the state’s policy on promotion criteria in the
future. The statement listed the affected teachers, all
from the Education District III, as including A. A.
Ogunsina, a grade level 17 officer and the
Principal of Dolphin Junior High School, Lagos
Island; O. F. Talabi, the Vice Principal
(Academics) of Dolphin Junior High School, Lagos Island; R. O. Adebara, Vice Principal
(Academic) and the Acting Principal of Girls
Senior Academy, Lagos Island; Joshua A.
Afolabi, Principal, Ebute Elefun Senior High
School, Lagos Island; and Abigail O. Makanjuola,
Principal, Girls Junior Academy, Lagos Island. According to the statement, other affected
teachers are Falilat O. Shodipe, the Vice-
Principal of Girls Junior Academy, Lagos Island;
Muninat A. Rafiu, a class teacher also at Girls
Junior Academy, Lagos Island; O. A. Fajulagbe,
Principal, Dolphin Senior High School, Lagos Island; and Olaniyi A. Bada, a class teacher at
Dolphin Senior High School, Lagos Island.