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Buhari Endorses Educational Reforms In Kaduna

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SAN FRANCISCO, November 13, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the primary education reforms being carried out by Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai.

President Buhari, speaking in Abuja, on Monday, at a special retreat of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on education, described as “very serious,” a situation where teachers could not pass the very examination that they are supposed to teach their pupils.

The president said the effect of decay in the education sector was glaring, vowing that his administration would change the situation for the better.

“It is a very tragic situation we are in, and this our gathering is one of the most important ones in this administration,” Buhari said.

“I listened to one of the Nigerians I respect, he said after his training here in Nigeria and the United States, he went to his alma mater, his primary school to see what he could contribute.

“I won’t mention his name but when he went, he couldn’t differentiate between the students, the children and the teachers.

“And what el-Rufai is trying to do now is exactly what that man told me about 10 years ago.

“Being an orphan, I still feel that boarding school moulded me. I spent nine year in boarding school, three in primary school and six in secondary school.

“In those days, teachers treat students like their own children. If you did well, they will tell you, you didn’t, they wouldn’t spare the rod.

“When I finished my secondary school, I didn’t work for a day, I refused to work for a day. I left home, I refused to work in the local government, and then I joined the army.’’

THEWILL recalls that the Kaduna state government carried out an assessment test on all its 33,000 primary school teachers to determine their suitability as teachers.

Sadly, no fewer than 21,000 of the teachers failed to score the mandatory 75 per cent of the primary four examination administered.

El-Rufai has therefore decided to fire all the teachers that failed and to replace them, a decision that irked the organised labour in the state.

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