Kaduna State government has reinstated 1,266 teachers sacked 10 months ago following some circumstances that did not allow them to scale through a competency test.
A statement by Public Relations Officer of of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Hauwa Mohammed stated that “having examined and verified their complaints, the government approved the ‘ reinstatement of 392 teachers who wrote and passed the test, 515 Central Administration staff who are officially exempted from the test, and 298 teachers who were verified to be sick at the time of the test and had valid medical excuses, backed by Doctor’s certificate.
“Others reinstated are the teachers who were reported by their respective Education Secretaries, to have been victims of kidnapping or involved in accidents.
“Finally, 22 teachers were permanently removed from the payroll for unsubstantiated claims.”
“All reinstated teachers are to collect their reinstatement letters from their respective Education Secretaries immediately”.