Kaduna State chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended governor Nasir El-Rufai’s government for reinstating 1, 288 public school teachers that were earlier sacked after the competency test.
In a letter
dated April 5, 2023, which had reference number NUT/GO/G7/Vol 4/732 and signed
by state secretary Adamu Ayuba Kaltungo, the union appreciated the ‘’kind
gesture extended to our esteemed members who were affected by this government
policy.’’
The NUT said
the reinstatement will ‘’go a long way in bridging the gap of the teacher-pupil
ratio being experienced in the public primary school sector.’’
It will be
recalled that Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) had
sacked 2,357 primary school teachers over the competency test in June 2022,
explaining that 2,192 teachers were dismissed for their failure to sit for the
test, while 165 teachers were sacked for poor performance.
After
written complaints, the board reviewed some cases, where some affected workers
claimed that they were kidnapped at the time of the test, while some claimed
that they were central administration staff and as such, were exempted from the
exercise.
Last April,
KADSUBEB reinstated 1,288 sacked teachers, arguing that ‘’having examined and
verified their complaints, the state government approved the reinstatement of
392 teachers, who wrote and passed the test, and 515 central administration
staff that were officially exempted from the test.
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