According to news report yesterday the state governor Nasir El-Rufai said 21,780 teachers, two-thirds of the total, had failed to score 75% or higher on assessments given to pupils. He said 25,000 new teachers would be recruited to replace them.
Above are copies of the primary four exam questions which many teachers failed in Kaduna state. Thousands of primary school teachers in Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils.
To this effect the governor said "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"
