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OSUN STATE POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHING SERVICE COMMISSION

ESTABLISHMENT

Osun State Post Primary Schools Teaching Service Commission was established by Edict No.2/1993 and was assented to by the first Executive Governor of Osun State, Alhaji I. A. Adeleke on the 30th April, 1993.

The Commission is a body Corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and has powers to sue and be sued in its corporate name, for the purpose of its functions under the law.

AIM

The aim for setting up the Teaching Service Commission is to provide an institutional framework for the effective administration of the Public Secondary Schools in the State.

OBJECTIVES AND ASPIRATIONS

The objectives and aspirations of the Teaching Service Commission include:
  1. Appointments, Promotions, Discipline and general welfare of teaching and non-teaching, staff in the employment of the State Teaching Service Commission;
  2. maintain comprehensive and up-to-date personnel records of teaching and non-teaching staff of the Commission;
  3. ensure that staff welfare and training responsibilities are shared between the State Ministry of Education and the Commission;
  4. prepare testimonials and certificate of service for teaching and non- teaching staff, if and when necessary
  5. performing such other functions as may be conferred upon it from time to time by the Governor-in-Council in relation to teaching and non-teaching staff of Public Secondary Schools.

COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION

  • Dr. Lekan Ayantunji - Chairman
  • Chief Wole Adekunle Bamgbopa - Commissioner 1
  • Hon. Adegbola Benson Ola - Oluwa - Commissioner 2
  • Hon. Jimoh Olajide - Part-time Commissioner
  • Hon. Kolapo Lawal - Part-time Commissioner
  • Dr. David Ogunsade - Part-time Commissioner
  • Hon. M.K.O Alimi- Part-time Commissioner
  • Mr. Mojoyinola Agbaje - Part-time Commissioner
  • Princess Ade Ayanfe - Part-time Commissioner
  • I. O. Ajetomobi (J.P) - Executive Secretary

The Commission in order to produce a synergistic effect works hand-in-hand with representatives of the Ministry of Education, Bureau of Establishments and Training, the N.U.T. and A.N.C.O.P.S.S. The Chairmen of the Six Zones are expected to be ex-officio members, though the Zonal Offices are yet to be established and staffed.
The Executive Secretary is the Secretary to the Board of the Commission.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

The Department

  1. Compiles every month the funds request by the Schools,
  2. Commission and staff for onward transmission to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development;
  3. ensures that the amount released is disbursed appropriately;
  4. renders financial returns to the appropriate authorities as at when due
  5. Computes and pays staff salaries and allowances, and also repairs and replaces damaged items, machine and equipment.

REVENUE GENERATION
The only source of generating revenue in the Commission is the sale of forms such as:
Appointment Forms
Inter-State transfer forms
Inter-Cadre transfer forms
Teaching Service Housing Loan forms

ESTABLISHMENTS DEPARTMENT

The Department of Establishments handles the appointment, promotion, transfer and discipline of Teaching and Non-teaching staff in the State Public Secondary Schools. It is also responsible for the training of the Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff.

ACHIEVEMENTS

The achievements of the State Post Primary Schools Teaching Service Commission include:
  1. Appointment of qualified teachers and non-teaching staff to teach the relevant subjects and administer the State Secondary School system. More than two thousand teachers were also engaged under the Oyinlola Corps Scheme.
  2. Verification of the credentials and qualifications of the applicants for teaching and non-teaching job to ensure the employment of suitably qualified staff.
  3. rendering of Annual Performance Evaluation Reports on all Heads as well as the teaching and non-teaching staff.
  4. Promotion of eligible teachers and non-teaching staff as a motivational gesture to enhance greater performance, efficiency and productivity, as and when due;
  5. Maintenance of discipline, standard and ethical behaviour amongst the students as well as the teaching and non- teaching staff;
  6. rendering necessary assistance to stakeholders in the Education Industry such as the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (T.R.C.N.), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (N.U.T.) and the Association of Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (A.N.C.O.P.S.S.).
  7. organisation of Training, Seminar/workshop for the Teaching and non-Teaching personnel of the Secondary Schools. Government sets aside not less than 5% of the Personnel Cost of each Department for training, Workshop and Conferences.
  8. issuance of testimonial and Certificate of Service to interested staff of the schools;
  9. posting on an even basis with respect to the total number of schools and subjects taught in the State Public Secondary Schools.
  10. Granting of Inter-Cadre, Inter-Service and Inter-State transfer, as appropriate to interested and qualified schools’ staff;
  11. Maintenance of a separate Housing Board for the teaching Industry and periodic release of funds to meet the needs of both the Primary and Secondary School teaching and non-teaching staff in building houses.
  12. Maintenance of industrial harmony in the Education industry as it affects the State Public Secondary Schools.
  13. re-absorption of Teachers wrongly laid off by the last Administration.

 

 
 
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