Alleges govt. arrests 2 teachers to instill fear
The Nigeria Union Of Teachers, (NUT), Kaduna State chapter, has said its members will not write the state government planned competency test for primary school teachers.
The NUT said two of its members were arrested, allegedly by the state government so as to instill fear in the teachers.
The teachers union said asking teachers to write such exams is illegal and against examination ethics. In a statement jointly signed by chairman and secretary of the teachers umbrella body, Comrade Ibrahim Dalhatu and Comrade Adamu Kaltungo respectively, they said that there was a subsisting court injunction stopping the State Universal Basic Education Board,(SUBEB), from conducting any competency test for primary school teachers in the State.
The union said that it would be blatant disregard to a court order and contempt for rule of law should the board go-ahead to hold the exams.
The statement explained that the exam questions were already in the public domain, which leadership of the teachers pointed out was unethical and against rules and regulations guiding the conduct of examinations of any kind.
The Union further denied that some of her members had indicated willingness to take the test, revealing that the state government had, allegedly, hired some mercenaries whom it said would pose as teachers to give credence and acceptability to the exercise.
The Union urged its members not to take seriously a threat by the State government to remove from payroll names of those who refused to sit for the exam.
They said SUBEB was already determined to disengage teachers with or without the test, adding that abstaining from the exercise remains the most efficient tool for securing victory for the collective interest of all in the struggle.
