Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna is about to replace 21,780 teachers for failing competency test made up of questions they set for their six-year-old pupils.
The teachers who make up two-thirds of the entire pupil teacher population in the state scored below 75% in the test.
The State governor Nasir El-Rufai said they will be sacked and 25,000 new teachers will be recruited to do their job.
The mass failure was condemned by Nigerians online who think it is a national problem that needs to be tackled to safeguard the future of the children.
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Conduct same among primary school teachers all over the country & see same kind of mess! Many thriving countries pick their best to teach.
It is a very serious issue. And as long as we are expecting a bright future, we must tackle it. We must
Below are reactions from some Nigerians about the test questions
Those questions weren't all as easy as portrayed by the media.I won't score 100% too, who can? I don't think teachers should fail it though.
No One Expected You To Score 100% But If You Score Less Than 70% Then I Can't Trust You With Teaching My Children Anything. Fair Right?
...Fair enough... They should be able to conveniently score over 70% (even over 80%) in any test based on a syllabus they currently teach...
Infact the teachers should refund all the salaries they have collected in the last 3 years.
They have been perpetrating fraud the while.
The primary teacher who failed this should first be flogged, detained for 1months before being fired.This is not even near #LoyolaJesuitTest
Abeg make the schools wey the teachers attend withdraw their certificates from them.
This is total disgrace.
Kaduna NUT is pleading with the state government to bring down the cut off from 75% to 60%.
This is most appalling for a primary 4 Test.
Source: AfricaNews