{"id":89772,"date":"2021-12-12T07:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T06:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89772"},"modified":"2021-12-12T07:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T06:13:27","slug":"nut-raises-alarm-says-kaduna-subeb-coercing-teachers-to-write-competency-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nut-raises-alarm-says-kaduna-subeb-coercing-teachers-to-write-competency-test\/","title":{"rendered":"NUT Raises Alarm, Says Kaduna SUBEB Coercing Teachers To Write Competency Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m24516\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has accused the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board of coercing its members to write the competency test it organised for public primary school teachers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe state chairman, Mr Ibrahim Dalhatu, made the allegation at a news conference in Kaduna yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Dalhatu also accused Kaduna SUBEB of facilitating the arrest and detention of two of the union members by the police while on duty to discourage their members from sitting for the examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother threat from the same quarters is the removal of teachers\u2019 names from payroll and nonpayment of salaries to those who refuse to write the test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threats by SUBEB, education secretaries and other government officials using the media to coerce and intimidate our members to sit for this competency test will not change our stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will like to inform the general public that this singular act will not deter us from our position of \u2018no to competency test\u2019, but will rather spur us to continue in the struggle as victory is assured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is because whether we write the test or not, SUBEB is determined to disengage some of us by all means,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also accused the board of hiring some people to pose as teachers and write the examination in some of the centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to the test which began on Dec. 7, we collected commitment forms, duly signed by teachers indicating their resolve not to write the test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to our surprise, Kaduna SUBEB hired some persons to pose as teachers to write the examination which they use to intimidate some of our members to write the examination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the NUT had secured an interlocutory injunction stopping SUBEB from conducting the competency test, adding, however, that the board still went ahead with the test showing no regard for the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that any teacher who participates in what he described as \u201can illegal examination\u201d would not be protected by the union if victimised.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the union\u2019s resolve not to write the test remains the efficient tool for victory in this struggle, adding that only Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has the mandate to test the competence of teachers.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the Director, Human Resource, Kaduna SUBEB, Mr Ahmed Sani, described the allegations as \u201cbaseless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sani said the NUT did not employ any teacher and therefore, cannot decide for the government how to test the teachers to ensure quality teaching and learning in public schools.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has accused the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board of coercing its members to write the competency test it organised&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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