Kaduna
State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said the government sacked over 22,000
teachers because they were unqualified for the job.
According to him, sacking of
incompetent teachers predated his administration, as previous governments
sacked teachers with fake qualifications.
He noted that the Education
Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) report he received on assumption
of office, showed that 83 per cent of the teachers scored less than 25 per cent
in Maths and literacy exams.
The governor, who spoke in a
broadcast, recalled that the government of Sir Patrick Yakowa dismissed 4,000
teachers with fake results.
According
to him, the Yakowa-led government responded to reports that 50 per cent of
primary school teachers were unqualified by giving such teachers a five-year
deadline to acquire the appropriate qualifications.
“The Kaduna State Executive
Council, at its August 8, 2012 meeting, after considering the report of the
verification committee, gave a five-year window for under-qualified teachers to
acquire the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE).
“This five-year grace period
has now expired, and that is why this administration weeded out teachers who
didn’t have the requisite skills and qualifications to teach,” he said.
El-Rufai recalled that the
2015 ESSPIN report on pupil and teacher competence levels showed that 83 per
cent of the teachers scored less than 25 per cent in Maths and literacy exams.
Primary two pupils scored an
average of 14 per cent in English and 27 per cent in Maths, while primary four
pupils scored an average of 13 per cent in English and 17 per cent in Numeracy.
The governor added: “the
government responded to this report by getting the National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN) to conduct a survey of teacher competence. We took further steps
to address these gaps by training and retraining the teachers.”
According
to him, 11,315 classroom teachers were trained in Literacy and Numeracy through
SUBEB, and another 3,733 were trained in reading skills through the Global
Partnership for Education. UBEC trained 5,945 teachers in Pedagogy, Lesson
Plans and use of Teachers’ Guides.
On June 3, 2017, the
government conducted a competency test for primary school teachers. This test
assessed their literacy and numeracy levels through a primary four test.
The government considered
giving teachers a 75 per cent threshold for a primary four test an extremely
generous decision, he added.
El-Rufai said the government
seeks to hire 25,000 teachers to replace the disengaged 22,000, and eligible
applicants have already applied.
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