Education Laws of Enugu state:
The
2007 education laws of Enugu state offer the legal backing to teacher’s motivation,
professional growth and development. The survival of any society said legal practitioners
is essentially dependent on the body of legal rules governing it.
According to Agbakoba
(2010) laws provide the legal, moral, social and the normative frame work on which
policies that guide human behaviors, actions and conducts are being
promulgated. He further stated that, in education, law involves those areas of jurisprudence
that focus on educational principles and practices.
The point here is that,
education laws are established to guide the activities or operations of public
and private primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions. Thus, the
implementation of teacher’s empowerment policies in line with the laid down
criteria is one of such educational laws or the application of law to educational
policies and programmes.
It
is imperative to state here that, education law (s) is of great significance to
school administration and teachers since issues relating to law and education
are aimed at establishing peaceful, stable and organized human societies. Every
educational administrator or teacher should as a matter of utmost significance
be fully informed of his rights and those of others as that will contribute
greatly to the realization of the national educational policies and also the
empowerment of teachers.
To Ezeocha (2009), most teachers are not aware of
their rights, duties, obligations and responsibilities. Many of them are
ignorant of the rules and regulations governing their employment and the school
system and these results in low teacher’s productivity and absence of teacher’s
empowerment programmes.
2.1.9 The Contents of the 2007 Education Laws of Enugu State:-
This
law came into force on the 1st of March 2007. It established an
education board as Enugu state post primary schools management board. This
board consists of a chairman, who is generally called chairman of hoard.
He is
the chief executive and accounting officer of the board, four members, two who
shall be on full time basis and the other two appointed on part-time basis to
represent various interests and professions and a secretary.
The chairman and
part-time members of the Board shall hold office subject to the pleasure of the
Governor for a period of three years and -thereafter shall be eligible for reappointment
for a further period of two years. The education laws l925 CAP. 67 state.
The
functions of the board as follows:
a) The management and control of all
post-primary schools and institutions that is state schools according the
education law.
b) Appointments, promotions, postings and
transfers of all cadres in the post-primary schools and ‘institutions including
principals and vice-principals of schools and institutions.
c) Appointments,
promotions, posting and transfers of other staff of the board.
d) The
establishment of conditions of service for the post-primary schools system, subject
to approval by the commissioner.
e) Payment
of personal emoluments to all staff of the post-primary schools management
board.
f)
Staff development matters
including approval for study leave with pay and special leave.
g) Overall
disciplinary control of the staff of the board and post-primary schools and institutions.
h) Appointments
and promotions of principals and vice-principal of post-primary schools and
institutions where the financial implications have been cleared and approved by
the Governor.
i) Posting
and transfers of principal and vice- principals in post-primary schools
j)
Inter-zonal transfer and posting
of all staff of the board
k) Preparation,
collation and recommendation to the commissioner on the budget of the board.
l)
Award of contracts within the
existing state tenders board regulations.
m) Delegation
to any post-primary zonal office such functions as the board may deem it,
provided that the board may resume at any time the exercise of any functions so
delegated.
n) Placement
of first year students and transfers of students in post-primary schools and
institutions owned by the government, subject to regulations laid down by the ministry.
o) Responsibility
for the collection and rendering of account of all approved revenue in post-primary
schools in the state.
p)
Periodic and regular supervision
of all post-primary schools in the state.
q) Responsibility
for confirmation of appointment, conversion, upgrading and reinstatement
matters.
r) The
Board shall maintain the nominal roll of staff in the various zones and keep personal
and secret files of all staff.
s) The
Board may do all acts appear to it necessary for the proper performance of its
functions under this law.
Teachers’
empowerment policies are basically designed to ensure proper development and motivation
of teachers. They are designed to enhance professional growth and development
of teachers as principal agents of transformation in the educational sector.
Thus,
the Enugu State Post-primary schools Management Board control those schemes and
policies that are designed to promote teachers productivity, teacher s
motivation and growth. The Board controls such schemes as:
a) Preparation of annual budgets for
post-primary schools in the zone.
b) Allocation of funds and distribution of
equipment to post-primary schools within
the Zone.
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