971 teachers face retirement in Sierra Leone
By Bampia James Bundu
Minister of education has revealed plans to go after some 971 teachers, headmasters and principals across the country and force them to retire because most of them are five years over their retirement age, which is 60 years.
Dr. Minkailu Bah told a press conference at his New England Ville office in Freetown that by September they would have completed the exercise, saying it was wrong that they were still collecting salaries.
60-day ultimatum for Sierra Leone teachers
By Bampia James Bundu
The ministry of education has issued a 60-day ultimatum for teachers to verify their statuses across the country or risk having their salaries suspended until a proper authentication is done and approved.
The minister, Dr. Minkailu Bah said some 7,000 teachers, who had completed the process, might have their names deleted from the original list as per the recommendations of the report put together by a verification team.
