Kaduna State
Government, on Wednesday, began screening of 43,806 applicants for 25,000
teaching positions in its primary schools, with M.Sc. degree holders being
among the applicants.
The list of applicants pasted on the notice board at Rimi
College, Kaduna, one of the examination centres, showed that two applicants
held M.Sc. degrees in Biochemistry and Water Resources.
The examination of the applicants was held in 130 centres across the 23 local government areas of the state. Other centres include Government Secondary School (GSS), Kakuri; GSS, Narayi; and Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Ungwan Mua’zu.
The examination was conducted
under tight security, with officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC) and police personnel stationed at the centres. A Permanent
Member, Kaduna State Basic Education Board, Mrs. Mary Ambi, said only those who
scored the minimum points and possessed the required qualification would be
contacted for an oral interview afterwards.
The state government had in October
announced plans to sack 21,780 primary school teachers for allegedly failing a
competency test. The test was conducted by the state government in June.
Meanwhile, the state wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has rejected
the government’s decision to sack the teachers. Consequently, the union has
taken the state government to the National Industrial Court, asking the court
to determine if government has the mandate to conduct the test.
The NUT had on
Oct. 30, filed a motion of “interlocutory injunction”, asking the court to
restrain government from dismissing or disengaging any teacher on the basis of
the test. Justice Lawal Mani, in his ruling on Dec. 14, granted the prayer
pending the determination of the substantive suit and adjourned the case until
Feb. 6, 2018.
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