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Kaduna govt to dismiss, prosecute 233 teachers for presenting fake certificates

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The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) has said it had discovered that 233 teachers in the state’s employ presented fake certificates to get the jobs.

The board’s chairman Tijjani Abdulahi who made this known at a media briefing on Thursday, also noted that the suspects would be handed over to the ministry of Justice for prosecution.

The board had in April 2021 launched a certificate verification exercise to ensure that all teachers in Kaduna State had the requisite credentials that constitute the basic qualifications for employment as teachers.

According to Abdullahi, the Board had verified 451 certificates by contacting the institutions that awarded the certificates. Nine of the 13 institutions contacted had responded and from their responses, 233 teachers were discovered to have presented fake certificates.

One institution disowned 212 of the 233 fake certificates.

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“The Board will dismiss the 233 teachers who presented these fake certificates, while their files will be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice to initiate prosecution for forgery”, Abdullahi said.

The chairman also said that names of the 233 teachers will be uploaded on the website of the Kaduna State government immediately to ensure transparency.

He added that the board will continue conducting competency tests for teachers which will be followed by series of training programmes, organised in batches which will begin in January 2022 for 12,254 teachers.

“We have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the National Teachers Institute, the College of Education, Gidan Waya, and the Federal College of Education, Zaria, to conduct the training exercise”, he added.

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