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The story of salary increase for teachers is thick in the air in Katsina state. Governor Shema has concluded plans already thereby taking after his predecessor Umaru YarAdua. The later effected handsome increases for Nurses and other health workers. However it is on record that no improvement in service delivery occurred in the hospitals. It was business as usual as nurses and other sundry workers still behaved and worked the way they have always done.
Would this increase for teachers really bring a change in the education sector of the state? Would it lead to more students getting admissions to Universities?
Unless the increase is somehow tied to performance we shall have a repeat of what happened in the health sector.
Perhaps the state will be better off if hardworking teachers are paid to mount summer classes and daily extra lessons in their schools. Minimal contact hours appear to be the bane of education in the state. If both primary and secondary schools adopt this I believe it will go along way in improving the standard of education in the state.