By Ameh Sunday Enyo-ojo
Teachers in Ogun State enjoy a 15 per cent salary advantage over public school teachers in other states, while additional welfare packages are expected as part of activities marking the 2026 World Teachers’ Day, Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Apostle Abiodun Sanyaolu, has said.
Sanyaolu disclosed this on Monday, October 5, 2026, during interview with Newsmen.
He said the 2026 celebration was particularly significant because it would be the final World Teachers’ Day celebration under the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, providing an opportunity to assess the government’s achievements in the education sector and recognise the contributions of teachers across the state.
Sanyaolu, a former Commissioner for Co-operative Development in Ogun State, said the government had consistently prioritised teachers’ welfare through improved remuneration and other interventions.
“I always say this, that the best supporting government to our teachers in this country is Ogun State,” he said.
Highlighting the state’s salary policy, Sanyaolu said, “The teachers in Ogun State enjoy a superlating 15% higher salary than any other public school.”
He said the intervention had also made Ogun attractive to teachers from other parts of the country, adding that the government would continue to introduce measures aimed at strengthening the teaching workforce.
“Going forward again, you will see that in Ogun State, we are leading while others are following,” he said.
Sanyaolu also highlighted efforts to improve teacher distribution across public schools, saying the government had taken steps to address situations where some teachers were carrying excessive workloads while others had significantly fewer teaching periods.
According to him, some teachers had previously handled as many as 36 periods a week.
“The redistribution exercise was done to remove workload from some teachers and to remove this workload in such a way that even if it is not equal, it will be close rather than some teachers overworking themselves with as much as 36 periods a week,” he said.
He said the redistribution exercise had helped reduce pressure on teachers and make workloads more manageable across schools.
On digital transformation, the TESCOM chairman said Ogun had invested in computer training for teachers to prepare them for the increasing use of technology and artificial intelligence in education.
He said teachers needed digital skills to effectively prepare students for a rapidly changing technological environment.
“If teachers are not computer literate, how will they teach their students or take advantage of the AI tools available today?” Sanyaolu asked.
He added that computers had been provided in selected schools to support teachers in acquiring and applying digital skills.
“At the moment, we are seeing us migrating from the computer age to AI age,” he said.
Sanyaolu also disclosed that the state had introduced a digital lesson-note system designed to reduce the burden of preparing lesson notes manually.
“But now in Ogun State, teachers don’t write lesson notes. You know, we already have an app that teachers will just connect to, adjust their page and the next note is already gone,” he said.
He said the system would enable teachers to spend more time on classroom delivery while reducing some of the administrative demands associated with lesson preparation.
The TESCOM chairman said additional welfare packages would be announced as part of the 2026 World Teachers’ Day celebration.
“The Governor is going to release some packages to our teachers as he always does,” he said.
“There is no year we will celebrate without giving out packages to make our teachers extremely happy,” Sanyaolu added.
He said the grand finale of the celebration would take place at the June 12 Cultural Centre, where Governor Dapo Abiodun is expected to address teachers and unveil details of the packages.
Sanyaolu acknowledged that more work remained to be done in the education sector, assuring that the government would continue to focus on teacher welfare, recruitment, workload management and digital transformation.
“We still have a lot to do, and the government is going to work, work, and seriously work,” he said.
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