50 per cent of teachers in Kaduna State penned down for
re-appointment as teachers, failed primary 4 test set for them as pre-condition
for re-absorption into the civil service, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has revealed.
The governor also disclosed that students who were sent on
overseas study were being withdrawn due to poor academic performance.
El Rufai disclosed this when chiefs and traditional rulers
from Southern Kaduna paid him a courtesy call on Tuesday.
He expressed shocks over what he described as “shameful
performance of the students because their academic performance in secondary
schools back home were convincing enough that they would do better outside
Nigeria.”
“This is a clear demonstration of the government’s effort
towards improving teachers capacity for effective teaching and learning in
public schools,” said El-Rufai said.
The royal fathers, led by Emir of Jama’a, Alhaji Muhammadu
Isah Muhammadu said they decided to visit the governor to express happiness
over the recent re-opening of tertiary institutions closed down in Southern
Kaduna, since December 2016, as a result of insecurity in the area.
Stakeholders had commended the state government for
releasing N312 million for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) in 2016.
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
