The trainees in the just concluded Induction Training Workshop by Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation, EdoBEST for Junior Secondary School Teachers across Edo state together with applicants for the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Result, EdoSTAR job in their large number have cried out for help as most of them are stranded in Benin city over the delay in the payment of their training allowance.
In an encounter with newsmen in Benin, some of the trainees said they have exhausted their money for accommodation and other expenses to keep themselves fit and available for the programme. They said they are stranded in Benin withoit money to return to their homes adding that failure of the state government to provide accommodation for the trainees was a disadvantageous step for a programme tagged as modern redefinition of education in the state.
According to one of the trainees who pleaded for anonymity said most of them are still in Benin waiting to be paid so that they can travel home to join their families.
In the same vein, the trainees have appealed to Edo state government to have a rethink of the decision to return the trainees back to Benin for the purpose of receiving their certificate of participation. The trainees most especially those from Edo North and Edo Central said the state government should send their certificates and other concerns to the Local Government Education Authority, LGEA of each of the Local Government Areas, this they said will save them from the current insecurity threat in the roads and hardship prevalent in the state and the country at large.
It could be recalled that very few of the participants have received their training allowance as many others are yet to get theirs. Also, the trainees have been told to return to Benin city on Saturday 5th March, 2022 for their certificate of participation