No fewer than 35,000 primary school teachers across schools in Kaduna state have sat for another competency test conducted by the state government.
The test which came almost four years after it conducted a similar exercise that led to the dismissal of 22,000 unqualified teachers and the recruitment of 25,000 qualified ones is to ensure quality teaching and learning in basic schools across the state.
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Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Tijjani Abdullahi while speaking at the commencement of the computer-based test held in three different centres, said, the competency test is not to sack any teacher but to identify gaps in the subject areas for the purpose of training and retraining the teachers.
“The teachers that are here will see the difference in the approach of the testing,” the State SUBEB Chairman told journalists.
Four years down the line, the Kaduna State Government is embarking on the same process of assessing the competency of the newly recruited teachers through a computer-based system.
The teachers are expected to write ten questions per subject; English language, Mathematics, Social studies and basic science.
Meanwhile, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Teachers, Kaduna Chapter has warned on different occasions that teachers in the state should not sit for any competency test to be conducted by the government.
