Kaduna State Teachers who failed the competency test can reapply in the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise:
Recruitment of 25,000 qualified teachers in Kaduna state is still ongoing. Those who failed the primary 4 test should please know that they can reapply if they believe they are qualified to teach.
SUBEB boss explained that the exercise has no political undertone, advised people not to bring politics into the on-going educational reform adding that government concern is to revive education, especially in the rural communities.
The notice of new recruitment showed that applicants must have relevant educational certificates including the one from the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.
Submission of applications is scheduled to close on or before the 19th of November, 2017.
> Completed applications would be screened and shortlisted candidates to be invited for a written test on the 26th of November, 2017.
> Results of the written test to be submitted on the 27th of December, 2017.
> Selection of successful candidates to hold on the 2nd of January, 2018.
> Interview to be conducted from the 8th of January, 2018.
> Result of the interview and selection of successful applicants to be submitted on the 23rd of January, 2018.
> Issuance of temporary appointment letters to commence on the 25th of January, 2018.
“We have so far received over 13,000 applications at the SUBEB headquarters, some applicants submitted their applications at the local government headquarters for the recruitment of new teachers,” SUBEB Boss added.
Random Thoughts On Kaduna Teachers' Screening
Testing the efficiency of a serving teacher without classroom activities compares with testing the swimming capacity of fish in the mud. Teaching requires demonstration of knowledge and pedagogical skills. All that has been made public so far on Kaduna test items were instruments assessing knowledge of special subject areas. Only NCE Primary Education Studies in our Colleges of Education teaches the core subjects (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies...). A good test should factor the training context in which the teachers were trained. Testing teachers on all subjects even if it is on Primary Two content may come with surprises. In-service training is one option between sacking and tolerating bad teachers. Some of us in the industry find it difficult to accept the assumption of 21,000 untrainable teachers in the teaching workforce of a given state. The only options in Kaduna are that one is either qualified or sacked. I have not seen any Tweet or Facebook update from ...


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