Tag: NUT

NUT lashes Kaduna Govt., rejects sack of 2,357 teachers

Aminu Imam

Organised Labour threatens nationwide strike The Kaduna State Government may be heading for another showdown with organised Labour following the decision of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board to sack 2,357 teachers for failing a competency test. The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the State Government fails to reverse the decision to sack the teachers, including its National President, Audu Amba. The union made its position known yesterday during its National Executive Council meeting at the Teachers…

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Court has stopped exams for teachers NUT tells el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

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…

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“Dont write el-Rufais competency test”, NUT directs Kaduna teachers

Aminu Imam

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT), has directed its members in Kaduna State not to participate in the competency test being organised by the State government for public primary school teachers next month. The NUT’s Deputy National President, Kelvin Nwankwo, gave the directive in Kaduna during a meeting with teachers in the State on Wednesday, said the issuance of the directive followed the State government’s plan. Recall that the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) had in July announced plans to conduct competency…

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