…says we must save future generations from ignorance
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has called on
National Assembly members from Kaduna State to help save future generations
from servitude by ensuring that quality public education is offered in the
state.
El-Rufai made this call in Abuja on Wednesday while holding a
regular
consultative meeting with members of the National Assembly from the
state. The governor also informed the lawmakers that the state government has
received 43, 806 applications from prospective teachers in public primary schools
in the state.
He explained that all shortlisted applicants will be subjected
to oral and practical examinations, to be followed by interview and final
verification to ascertain the authenticity of their qualifications. Those who
scale through will undergo training on teaching before their deployment to
classrooms to teach.
“The issue of ensuring quality and competent teachers in public
schools is something crucial and doable, but it requires courage, sincerity and
honesty as guiding principles.
“We are all products of quality public schools and can compete
anywhere in the world; we are beneficiaries of quality education from public
schools and we have achieved a lot from the sacrifices made by previous
leaders.
“Having benefitted from quality public education, we must be
committed to reviving our public schools. The unqualified teachers that are
being replaced will get all their rights and entitlements.
“This reform is necessary hard work, and will not be derailed by
propaganda, blackmail, and deliberate misrepresentation of facts.
“Reform is not restricted to recruiting and retaining competent
teachers. We are constructing and reconstructing schools, class rooms, updating
the curriculum, providing facilities and teaching aids and teachers’ welfare.
“We removed the career barrier for teachers in 2015. Teachers in
Kaduna State can rise to Grade Level 17 (Permanent Secretary grade) without
having to stop being teachers.
The governor thanked the lawmakers for their immense support
irrespective of political parties.
“We all agreed that we must pursue this cause as a path to free
present and future generations. There is no future for a country that consigns
most of its people to ignorance. The key issue here is that we must make
sacrifices and provide our children and future generations a quality of
education that can give enhance their life prospects, and guarantee
self-reliance for all our people. This can only be feasible with quality
education in all our public schools at primary and secondary levels.”
Rt. Hon. Yakubu Umar Barde, the Minority Whip in the House of
Representatives, led the Kaduna State National Assembly delegation to the
meeting. He assured the governor that they will continue to work assiduously
with the governor in championingthe progress and development of Kaduna state.
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