Why I sacked 22,000 teachers in Kaduna – El- Rufai finally speaks
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has
finally explained why he sacked over 22,000
teachers in the state.
According to him, the affected persons were
dismissed from their jobs because they were
unqualified.
El-Rufai said that the sacking of incompetent
teachers did not start with his administration,
adding that previous governments also died
likewise.
He pointed out that at the resumption of office,
the Education Sector Support Programme in
Nigeria, ESSPIN, report he received 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 to
Kaduna people ahead of the New Year, recalled
that the government of the late Sir Patrick
Yakowa dismissed 4,000 teachers with fake
results.
He further recalled that 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.
El-Rufai said, “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 also 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.”
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