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TwitterNG divided on Planned Sack of over 21,000 Kaduna Teachers who Failed Competency Test

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TwitterNG divided on Planned Sack of over 21,000 Kaduna Teachers who Failed Competency Test

Teachers during the protest

For some weeks now, Kaduna state has been trending on social media following the planned sack of over 21,000 teachers who failed the primary four competency test administered to them.

Yesterday, the state government released two statements: one saying that there is no going back on the planned disengagement of the teachers; the other condemning the state’s chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) for attacking the state’s House of Assembly complex and vandalising government properties.

Social media users, as usual, are divided between letting the teachers go and retraining them.

The state government has also released the scripts of some of the teachers:

The state government has also announced that recruitment is ongoing for prospective teachers who are expected to fill up the deficit.

Here’s what Twitter users are saying on the issue.

https://twitter.com/yettyqueen1/status/928598913535369218

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