The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) says the scripts recently released by Kaduna State governor, were those of messengers and carpenters that the governor forcefully converted to teachers on his assumption of office.
In an interview with newsmen in Zaria today, the NUT Zaria chapter chairman, Yahaya Abbas, said this was discovered following investigations by members of the union. According to him
'We were disturbed when we saw those scripts. This was why we investigated. You may recall that el-Rufa’i has directed the conversion of all redundant staff in the local education authorities to teachers. Among those converted were messengers, carpenters, labourers, security personnel among others. We were made to write the exam in question with those people. Our investigation revealed that candidate number EKUB 0059 displayed by el-Rufa’i was a carpenter in Kubau local government before he was forcefully taken to class. Candidate number EKUB 2839 was a messenger in the same local government. If you remember all attempts to draw the attention of the government on the implication of their action fell on deaf ears. Again, those that marked this exam are the illiterates, because even these candidates with their limited knowledge have answered some of the questions correctly but they were marked wrong.”
Last month, the state government conducted a competency test for teachers in the state. Out of the 37 teachers that sat for the primary 4 based questions, 21, 780 of the teachers failed woefully. The state government's resolve to sack the unqualified teachers have been faced with serious opposition.
Last week, the state governor released some of the scripts of the teachers after they staged a protest in the state, demanding that the planned sack should be aborted.
The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) says the scripts recently released by Kaduna State governor, were those of messengers and carpenters that the governor forcefully converted to teachers on his assumption of office.
In an interview with newsmen in Zaria today, the NUT Zaria chapter chairman, Yahaya Abbas, said this was discovered following investigations by members of the union. According to him
'We were disturbed when we saw those scripts. This was why we investigated. You may recall that el-Rufa’i has directed the conversion of all redundant staff in the local education authorities to teachers. Among those converted were messengers, carpenters, labourers, security personnel among others. We were made to write the exam in question with those people. Our investigation revealed that candidate number EKUB 0059 displayed by el-Rufa’i was a carpenter in Kubau local government before he was forcefully taken to class. Candidate number EKUB 2839 was a messenger in the same local government. If you remember all attempts to draw the attention of the government on the implication of their action fell on deaf ears. Again, those that marked this exam are the illiterates, because even these candidates with their limited knowledge have answered some of the questions correctly but they were marked wrong.”
Last month, the state government conducted a competency test for teachers in the state. Out of the 37 teachers that sat for the primary 4 based questions, 21, 780 of the teachers failed woefully. The state government's resolve to sack the unqualified teachers have been faced with serious opposition.
Last week, the state governor released some of the scripts of the teachers after they staged a protest in the state, demanding that the planned sack should be aborted.
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