21,780 teachers fail primary four text

About three quarters of the teachers in Kaduna failed the primary four test administered to them recently.
It was gathered that 21,780 out of 33,000 whose competence were tested with the test by the Kaduna State government failed.
As a result of the mass failure, the state government said  it is looking to recruit 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore dignity and quality to education.
The state Governor, Nasir el-Rufai unveiled the planned recruitment when he received a World Bank’s delegation in Kaduna on Monday.
He said: “We tested our 33,000 primary school teachers, we gave them primary four examination and required they must get at least 75 per cent but I am sad to announce that 66 per cent of them failed to get the requirements.
“The hiring of teachers in the past was politicised and we intend to change that by bringing in young and qualified primary school teachers to restore the dignity of education in the state."

El-Rufai

El-Rufai emphasised that teachers would be redeployed across the state to balance the issue of teacher-pupil ratio.
He said: “We have a challenge with the teacher-pupil ratio in the urban schools; there is concentration of teachers that are not needed.
‘’In some local government areas, it’s a teacher pupil ratio of 1-9 while in some places it’s 1-100."
He noted further that in a bid to improve the education sector, the school Directors decided to enrol their children in public schools starting from this academic session.
Earlier, the World Bank representative, Dr Kunle Adekola, had expressed appreciation to the state for investing in education and for the priority given to the girl child.
He pointed out that the state’s action proves that it supports the World Bank to achieve our goals.
Adekola said the Bank would invest N30 million in Rigasa Primary School, which has a population of about 22,000 pupils, as part of its support for the state.
The World Bank's Education Intervention Fund which is in collaboration with other development partners, is rendering support to about 13 Northern states and a state from each of the other four geopolitical zones of the country.