About
21,780 out of 33,000 teachers have failed the primary four examination
administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government.
Owing
to the mass failure, the state is now shopping for 25,000 new teachers
as one of the plans to restore quality to education.
Governor
Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he
received a World Bank delegation in Kaduna on Monday, reported the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“We
tested our 33,000 primary school teachers, we gave them primary four
examinations and required they must get at least 75 per cent but I am
sad to announce that 66 per cent of them failed to get the requirements.
“The
hiring of teachers in the past was politicised and we intend to change
that by bringing in young and qualified primary school teachers to
restore the dignity of education in the state,” the governor said.
He stressed that teachers would be redeployed across the state to balance the teacher-pupil ratio.
“We have a challenge with the teacher-pupil ratio in the urban schools; there is a concentration of teachers that are not needed.
“We have a challenge with the teacher-pupil ratio in the urban schools; there is a concentration of teachers that are not needed.
“In some local government areas, it’s a teacher-pupil ratio of 1-9 while in some places it’s 1-100,” he said.
The governor said in a bid to improve the education sector, the school directors decided to enrol their children in public schools starting from this academic session.
The governor said in a bid to improve the education sector, the school directors decided to enrol their children in public schools starting from this academic session.
The World Bank
representative, Dr. Kunle Adekola, expressed appreciation to the state
for investing in education and for the priority given to the girl child.
“This state has demonstrated and supported us to achieve our goals,” he said.
Adekola said the World Bank would invest N30 million in Rigasa Primary School, which has a population of about 22,000 pupils, as part of its support for the state.
Adekola said the World Bank would invest N30 million in Rigasa Primary School, which has a population of about 22,000 pupils, as part of its support for the state.
The Education Intervention Fund
by the World Bank and other collaborative development partners is
providing support to about 13 Northern states and a state each from the
other four geopolitical zones in the country.
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