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Kaduna govt sacks 4,562 newly-recruited teachers
A few weeks after they were given employment letters to replace those who failed competency tests, the Kaduna State government has sacked no less 4,562 newly-employed teachers.
This was revealed by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Alhaji JaAlhaji Ja’afaru Sani at a press briefing on Wednesday.
According to Alhaji Sani, the newly-employed teachers were sacked because they found their ways into the service of the state government through dubious means.
The commissioner said that upon the initial sacking of 22,000 teachers that failed competency tests, a fresh competitive recruitment exercise was conducted but at the end of the screening some of the teachers could not correctly write acceptance letters, forcing the state government, to organise another screening for all the newly-recruited teachers.
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He said: “At the end, 4,562 incompetent ones, believed to have found their way into the final list illegally, were fished out, leaving 11,335 competent ones.
“The 11,335 newly-recruited teachers, predominantly degree holders, including a few with Master’s degrees, have already been deployed to over 4,000 primary schools.
“This was after they had undergone vigorous induction training, along with the remaining old teachers, to equip them with modern teaching techniques and effective classroom management.
“We are hoping that between now and next month ending, we will be concluding the recruitment process of the balance of 13,665 teachers.”
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