The union had on Jan. 8 embarked on an indefinite strike over the sacked of 21,780 primary school teachers who allegedly
failed a competency test organised by the state government in June 2017.
Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El - Rufai while speaking on Channels Television reiterated his stance to sack the teachers who
failed the competency test in spite of the protests, stressing that he will not rescind the government decision under whatever guise.
The pro government protest came 24 hours after leaders of the labour unions and the Nigeria Union of Teachers joined others in Kaduna state to protest the sack of 21,000 teachers who
failed a competency test organized by the government.
Governor Nasir El - rufai had announced that over 22,000 teachers that
failed a competency test organised by the state government would be sacked and replaced.
The governor has vowed to sack over 21,000 thousand primary school teachers who
failed the competency test.
Following Kaduna State government's determination to recruit 25,000 primary schools teachers for allegedly
failing a competency test, teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Kaduna...
Not exact matches
* Why has the Government
failed to meet it's deficit reduction targets throughout the parliament & why is the economy not generating jobs - even after all these cuts - in which case Labour will take office because Cons will lose the economic
competency test.
Fewer students than expected have
failed Indiana's new
competency test, prompting state officials to consider adjusting its minimum passing score.
School officials in Baltimore said the city school system hired 32 teachers this year who
failed to pass a
test of basic writing
competency; another 100 teachers who
failed the basic - skills examination were hired last year and remain on the staff, school officials...
Nevada teachers who
fail a required basic - skills
test can instead take college courses to satisfy
competency requirements, a state judge ruled last week.
(To drive this point home, Runyan - Shefa's predecessor, Neerav Kingsland, liked to tell the story of a class valedictorian who
failed to graduate after flunking a math
competency test five times.)
When the semester ended he hadn't become proficient (a key component in NCLB's accountability model) in all six of North Carolina's
competency goals, and it put him at risk of
failing the
test.
Heavier sanctions required for schools that do not boost
test scores have previously been shown to be counter-productive; • The requirement that limited English proficient students score «proficient» on English exams is self - contradictory, as is the provision that most children with special needs demonstrate
competency in the same manner as other students; • Education is being damaged as students are coached to pass
tests rather than taught a rich curriculum that will help prepare them for life in the 21st Century; and • The federal government has
failed to adequately fund the law.
Teacher - level standardized
tests are to be used to measure teachers»
competency, instructional approaches, etc., teacher performance reviews are to be used as well, and those who
fail to measurably perform are to be let go.
Prominent among the criticisms is that the exam
fails to adequately evaluate many basic lawyering
competencies and focuses too heavily on substantive knowledge of law, thereby requiring applicants to engage in extensive memorization solely for the sake of the
test.