The Kaduna State Government has given the 21,000 teachers who did not pass the recent competence test another opportunity for consideration.
They have been told they can reapply for job in the course of ongoing recruitment exercise.
About 12,000 of the sacked teachers were said to have reapplied while the remaining are yet to do so.
While answering questions during a meeting with the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Councils and their Education Secretaries in Kaduna, Governor Nasir el-Rufai explained that SUBEB had a programme of continuous recruitment and as such would give every willing teacher a chance to apply and be considered for recruitment.
The meeting was informed that many teachers who did not apply anew or were dissuaded by their union from taking the recruitment test, were requesting a second chance.
“We are not interested in pushing anyone away,” the governor said. “We are pushing bad people away so that good ones can come in. That is why we are recruiting 25,000 to take the place of 21,780.”
The meeting received reports from all the 23 Councils on the conditions of the schools in their areas.
